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

Waituna

page 898

Waituna

Waituna lies between the township of Woodlands on the Hurunui-Bluff line of railway, and Kapuka on the Seaward Bush railway line. It is purely an agricultural district, and the dairy factories at Woodlands and Kapuka are available for the settlers. The settlement is in the electoral district of Mataura, and in the Waihopai riding of the county of Southland. Its population at the census of 1901 was seventy-nine, and there were also nineteen inhabitants at Waituna Lagoon, which lies near the beach at Toetoes Bay, on the south. Waituna creek takes its rise in the district through which it flows, and passes through the lagoon before it enters into Toetoes Bay. The main road from Invercargill to Fortrose, which branches off from the Woodlands road at One Tree Point, passes through the settlement.

Brown, Andrew , Farmer, Bonessie Farm, Waituna. Mr Brown is the Owner of a well cultivated farm of 184 acres of good land, which was in its natural state when taken up many
Gerstenkorn, photo. Mr. And Mrs A. Brown.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. And Mrs A. Brown.

years ago. He was born at Inveroy, Inverness, Scotland, in 1843, and was brought up on a farm. In 1862 he landed in Launceston, Tasmania, and after two years spent there, came to New Zealand and worked on a farm in the Invercargill district. On the breaking out of the diggings at Hokitika he went there, but soon returned to Southland, where he worked on farms in the Wallacetown and Oteramika districts, and on Glenure station. He then bought his present farm. Mr Brown married, in 1880, a daughter of Mr James Buchanan, of Gorge Road, and has three sons and three daughters. He has been a member of the local school committee for twenty years and served two or three years on the Oteramika Road Board.

Ferrier, Robert , Farmer and Contractor, Waituna. Mr Ferrier is one of the partners of the enterprising firm of Ferrier Brothers, who have a freehold farm of 265 acres at Waituna, and also own several traction engines, a threshing plant, and a small sawmill plant, with which they carry on a contracting business. Mr Robert Ferrier was born at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland, in 1861, and left for New Zealand in 1869. He was for five years on a farm in the Dunedin district, and removed to Southland in 1884, after which he was contracting for two years. In 1886 he began his present business in the Forest Hill district, where he had taken up land. About 1899, Mr Ferrier removed to Waituna, and entered extensively into the traction engine and threshing business, chaff cutting, etc.

Perriam, Henry Robert , Farmer, Waituna. Mr Perriam has a farm of 315 acres at Waituna, and some distance away another section of eighty-two acres, which he is reserving for timber-cutting. Mr Perriam lives at Invercargill, and the farm is managed by members of the family. He was born at Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, England, in 1850, and at the age of eighteen left for Cardiff, where he was employed on railway works. In 1873, he left for Rockhampton, Queensland, whence he shortly afterwards removed to Newcastle, New South Wales, where he worked for eighteen months. He then came to New Zealand, and worked in the Christchurch gas works for about six years, leaving in 1882 for Invercargill. He lived for two years on his farm, which he had purchased before leaving Christchurch, and has for the past seventeen years worked in the gasworks of Invercargill. During his residence at Waituna, Mr Perriam served on the school committee for two years. As an Oddfellow, he is a member of the Loyal St. George Lodge, Manchester Unity. He was married, in 1878, to a daughter of the late Mr Thomas Waters, stevedore, of Waterford, Ireland, and has four sons and two daughters.

Gerstenkorn, photo. Mr And Mrs H. R. Perriam.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr And Mrs H. R. Perriam.

Stevenson, Stewart , Farmer, Waituna Farm, Waituna. Mr Stevenson was born at Donoughmore, County Down, Ireland, in 1849. He sailed for New Zealand, in 1863, by the ship “Edward Thornhill,” and landed at the Bluff in 1864. After being for some time engaged in farm work, he secured a section of forty-two acres in the Seaward Bush district, and still holds it. About 1875 he took up 172 acres a Waituna; the land was then in its natural state, but is now fully improved. Mr Stevenson married, in 1876, a daughter of Mr W. Shaw, of page 899 Mokotua, and has three sons and seven daughters. He Las been for some
Gerstenkorn, photo. Mr. And Mrs S. Stevenson

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. And Mrs S. Stevenson

years a member of the Waituna school committee.