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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Baird, Robert , Junior, Farmer, “Wainfleet,” Oreti Plains; postal address, Drummond. “Wainfleet” is a property of 545 acres of freehold, on which the owner conducts mixed farming. Mr Baird was born in 1865 at Riverton, and was educated there and at Limestone Plains, where he was brought up on his father's farm. In 1893, he commenced farming on his own account at Drummond, but removed to Oreti Plains in 1901. He was chairman of the Drummond school committee in 1903; and, as an Oddfellow, he is a member of Lodge Royal Oak, Drummond. Mr Baird was married, in 1894, to a daughter of Mr David Lyon, of Waimatuku Flat, and has four sons and two daughters.