The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Pyle, William
Pyle, William
, General Merchant, Main Street, St. Bathans. Bankers, Bank of New South Wales. This business was established in March, 1864, by the proprietor's father and is conducted in a double-fronted building, composed of wood and iron and sun-dried bricks. Mr. Pyle keeps a well assorted general stock, and his connection extends for a number of miles round the township. He was born in 1851 in Geelong, and was educated there and in Dunedin; came to Otago in 1863, and has carried on his present business for thirty years on the freehold site still occupied by him. For over thirty years Mr Pyle has been a prominent figure in St. Bathans, where he holds numerous offices in connection with local institutions. He is chairman, treasurer and secretary of the Domain Board, a member of the cemetery committee and of the athletic club, legal manager of the United M. and E. Water-Race Company, registered; and Registrar of Births,
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Deaths and Marriages for the St. Bathans district. Mr. Pyle was married, in 1883, and has four sons.
Mr. W. Pyle.