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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Macleod, Alexander
Macleod, Alexander, General Storekeeper and Wholesale Boot. and Shoe Manufacturer, Otaraia Road, Martinborough. Bankers, Bank of Australasia, Featherston. Mr. Macleod's business, which is in the front rank in Martinborough, was established in 1889. His store—a wooden building with dwelling attached, erected on freehold land—contains a large stock of groceries, drapery, and general stores. Three hands are employed in the store, which is under the management of Mr. Murdoch Ross. Behind the store the boot and shoe factory finds employment for nine hands. It is a roomy place, well fitted with the best modern machinery used in the boot trade, amongst the machines being rollers, cutting press, skiving machines, blocking and pricking machines, a split-lift machine, a number of sewing machines of different kinds, and a Blake sole-sewing machine of the latest pattern. The produce of the factory finds a ready sale in the Wairarapa district, and compares favourably with the best colonial articles. All classes of boots, shoes and leggings are made, and these are disposed of at prices which command a speedy sale. Mt. Macleod was born in 1842 in Caithness, Scotland, learned the shoemaking trade, and was manager of several businesses in Bristol, England, his experience being gained principally in wholesale houses. In 1886 he came to Melbourne, where he was for two years in Messrs. Rollins and Burdett's, and for one year with Messrs. Smalley and Harkness. In 1889 he came to Martinborough, New Zealand, and opened his present business.
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