The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. James Calvert
Mr. James Calvert
, who acts as Postmaster at Roslyn Bush, is a
son of the late Mr J. C. M. Calvert, and was born in the district in 1866. He was educated at the local school, and was brought up to farming by his father, whom he succeeded at postmaster in 1892, and from whom he inherited a property of 240 acres of freehold, which he has since farmed. Mr Calvert served for two years in the Southland Mounted Rifles, and he is a member of the Roslyn Bush school committee, of which he has been chairman. He was married, in 1894, to a daughter of the late Mr John Henry Dawson, of “Brunswick,” Kennington, and has one son and three daughters.
Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. And Mrs J. Calvert.