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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Moore, Edward Alkxander
Moore, Edward Alkxander , Farmer and Mill Owner, West Plains. Mr Moore was born in 1862, in Invercargill, where he was educated. He was brought up on his father's farm, and has always been interested in agricultural machinery. Mr Moore is the owner of a complete threshing mill plant, including portable engines and three chaffcutters, which are kept in constant work in the district. He owns 145 acres of land at West Plains, and eighty acres at Grove Bush, and has a pretty cottage at Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island, but resides on the main north road, near Wallacetown Crossing, on a section of two acres. As a volunteer. Mr Moore served for a time in the Invercarginll Rifles. He was married, in 1881, to a daughter of the late Mr Henry White, of Wales.