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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Dick, Alfred

Dick, Alfred, Farne; “Glen Warlock,” Birmingham. Mr. Dick, who was born in 1819, is a son of Mr. Charles Dick, a large brewer, of Edinburgh. In 1866 he went to the Argentine Republic, where he was for two years engaged in farming. After visiting Australia he settled in New Zealand in 1869. Mr. Dick has had a varied experience. In the South Island he was manager for Alfred Dick two years of the Clarence Run, between Nelson and Marlborough, and subsequently for Messrs. Sutton Bros. at Waitaki; in the North Island he was for thirteen years a member of the firm of Messrs. Beckett, Hammond, and Dick (afterwards Beckett and Dick), merchants, in Marton. Mr. Dick settled in 1890 on his present property of 1242 acres, half freehold, half leasehold. It has all been cleared and grassed, and 2200 Lincoln sheep and 100 head of cattle have been wintered on it. For eight years Mr. Dick was captain of the Marton Fire Brigade, and was master of the Rangitikei Hounds for about seven years, and starter to the Marton Jockey Club. He is married to a daughter of the late Mr. Alex. Milne, of “Rosebank,” Marton. Mr. Dick was awarded the Royal Humane Society's bronze medal in 1877, for an act of bravery in saving the lives of a woman and child from drowning in the Marewhenua River, Otago.