The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Albert Currie
Mr. Albert Currie
, Engineer at Messrs McCallum and Company's Ermedale sawmill at Fairfax, was born at Forest Hill, Winton, in 1882, and brought up on his father's farm. Whilst at farm work, he learned the working of traction engines, and in 1901 left for the Edendale district, where he drove a portable engine in
Messrs Sutherland and Lopdale's sawmill. Early in 1902, Mr Currie went to Wairoa, in the North Island, and drove the engine in a large sawmill there for about nine months. He afterwards worked in sawmills in the Midhirst and Dannevirke districts, and, on returning to Southland, became engineer at Mr Wallis' mill at Hedgehope, where he remained until being appointed to his present position at the Ermedale mill, in 1904. Mr Currie holds competency certificates for driving stationary and portable engines. He is a well-known competitor at sports meetings in Southland, and has won several prizes for quoiting.
Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. A. Currie.