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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Richard Alford
Mr. Richard Alford , who has been manager of the Gap Road Flax Mill since 1902, was born in 1872, in Lincolnshire, England. He was brought by his parents as a child to South Australia, where he was educated, and after being engaged for some time in gold and silver mining, he went to sea for seven years. Mr Alford came to New Zealand in 1900, and settled at West Plains, where he learned the flaxmilling trade under Mr Cruikshank, before being appointed to his present position. He was married, in 1894, to a daughter of Mr Frederick Spivey, of Victoria, but his wife died in 1898, leaving one son.