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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Constable Hans Peter Rasmussen , In charge of the Winton Police Station, also acts as Clerk of the Court. He was born in 1854 at Aröe, a small Danish island on the Baltic coast, where his father was a well-known linen manufacturer. After a visit to Australia with his elder brother, he returned to Europe to complete his education with a view to entering the Lutheran Church. On the death of his father, however, he came out again to the colonies in 1879, and worked on the goldfields, and afterwards came to the West Coast of New Zealand. He joined the mounted police at Wellington in 1862, and was successively at at Naseby, Clyde, and Cromwell, whence he was transferred to Winton in 1890, and he received the long service and good conduct medal in 1895. Constable Rasmussen is an enthusiastic violinist; he is a member of the local string band, and highly esteemed by the community. He was married in 1883 to a daughter of Mr. Christopher Woodney, of Eden Creek, near Naseby.