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

Mr. Walter Springford

Mr. Walter Springford , who has been manager of Mr R. A. Elliot's store at Fortrose since 1903, was born, in 1845, at Oathill, Somersetshire, England, where he was educated. He learned the grocery business at Plymouth, and in 1863 came out to Port Chalmers by the ship page 904 “Prince of Wales.” After working for ten years as a miner on the Dunstan, Hamiltons, Tinkers, Hogburn, McCrae's and the Whakamarina goldfields, he took up farming at Oamaru, but afterwards removed to Canterbury, where he resided for five years. Mr Springford then removed to Southland, and was for some years a contractor under the Oreti Road Board. In 1891 he commenced business as a storekeeper at Waimatuka, but disposed of his business three years later and entered the employment of Messrs Matheson and Co., Invercargill. In 1897 he was employed by Mr R. A. Elliot, storekeeper, Fortrose, and has been manager of the business since 1903. As a Freemason, Mr Springford is attached to Lodge St. John, Scottish Constitution. He was married, in 1879, to a daughter of Mr William Goldie, of Invercargill, and has, surviving, four daughters and three sons.