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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. Stephen Solomon Shepherd who has been ganger of the Waimahaka Gorge Road section of the New Zealand railways since 1899, was born in 1858, in Tasmania and was brought to Southland by his parents when he was two years old. He was brought up in Southland, and entered the railway service, in the ways and works department, at Invercargill, in 1882. Eighteen months later he was transferred to the permanent way department; afterwards he became a surfaceman, and was promoted to his present position in August, 1899. Mr Shepherd was married in 1884, to a daughter of the late Mr John Dooley, of King's County, Ireland, and has three daughters and two sons