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

Thomson, William

Thomson, William , Farmer, Winton Plains, Thomson's. Mr Thomson was born in November, 1859, in Perthshire, Scotland, and came to Port Chalmers with his father, the late Mr John Thomson, in 1864, by the ship “Lady Raglan.” He was educated at Winton, where he was brought up to farming, and acquired his farm, which consists of 300 acres of freehold, in 1899. The land was then mostly in tussocks, but Mr Thomson has brought it under cultivation, and has expended a large amount of money in draining, in the erection of buildings, and in the planting of some very fine belts of shelter trees. Mr Thomson was elected a member of the Winton River Board in 1899, and is a membhr of the Farmers' Club, and of the Winton Agricultural and Pastoral Association. He is a breeder of draught horses, for which he has taken prizes at Southland shows. Mr Thomson was married, in 1894, to the eldest daughter of Mr John Thomson, of “Newfield,” Winton.