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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Lowburn Ferry

Lowburn Ferry.

Lowburn Ferry , on the Clutha river, is a small mining settlement, four miles north from Cromwell. Some dredges work on the river near the village. A pontoon ferry service, under the control of the Vincent county council, carries passengers and vehicles across the Clutha free of charge. The village, which is also known as Perriams, has a school, a post and telegraph office, a store, and a well-appointed hotel. Coaches from Cromwell to Pembroke, Lake Wanaka, pass through Lowburn Ferry.

Welcome Home Hotel (Mrs Charlotte Perriam, proprietress), Lowburn. This house was established in 1865, and has been conducted by Mrs Perriam since the death of her husband in 1883. The building is of stone, and contains thirteen bedrooms, three sitting-rooms, bar, kitchen, and other offices, and a dining-room with seating accommodation for twenty guests. The stable at the back of the hotel contains six stalls and six loose-boxes. Mrs Perriam is also a storekeeper, and the store, which adjoins the hotel, contains a full stock of general merchandise. Mrs Perriam was born at Pinhoe, near Exeter, England, came to the Colony in 1858, by the ship “Caduceus,” and was married, in 1857, to the late Mr. John Perriam, who was also born near Exeter in 1824. Mr. Perriam was a miner, and before his marriage had had experience in California. At one time he had a store in Victoria Street, Auckland, and was afterwards engaged in dairy-farming in the Mount Eden district. On arriving in Otago Mr. and Mrs Perriam settled at Wetherstones, and at the time of the Dunstan “rush commenced storekeeping at Clyde. Three years later they removed to Quartz Reef Point, and had a branch business at Kawaran Gorge. They settled in Lowburn in 1865, and were almost the first residents. On his death in 1883, Mr. Perriam left one son and two daughters.

The Queensberry Inn (William Alfred Henry Scheib, Proprietor), Queensberry. Mr Scheib was born in Frankton, in 1869, and was educated at public schools, and at St. Joseph's, Queenstown. He learned the trade of a tailor, worked as a journeyman at Cromwell and on the West Coast, and was for a number of years in business as a merchant tailor in Cromwell. Mr. Scheib has taken considerable interest in outdoor sports and recreations, and has served on the committees of the football and cycling clubs; he was secretary to the Cromwell public school committee and St. Andrew's Church committee, and has held office as deputy-captain of the Vincent Cycling Club. He was married, in October, 1896, to a daughter of Mr. B. V. de Bettencor, of Cromwell, and has one daughter.