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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Howie, Robert

Howie, Robert. General Storekeeper, Hikurangi. Mr. Howie was born in Barnard Castle, Durham, in 1846 and is a son of Mr. John Howie of Kilmarnock. Ayrshire, who was a descendant of one of three brothers of the name of Huet belonging to the Albigenses in the South of France, who were compelled by religious persecution to seek refuge in Scotland. The family has resided in Lochgoin, parish of Fenwick, between Glasgow and Kilmarnock, for about 700 years. Mr. J. Howie was an active Chartist, which fact ultimately caused him to leave his district. Mr. Robert Howie came to New Zealand in 1880, landing in Otago and after a visit to the Old Country he went coal mining at Kawakawa till 1893, when he commenced his present business. His store is a wooden building at the north end of the township and is well stocked with groceries, boots and shoes, hardware, crockery, saddlery, and general furnishing. He supplies the coal mines in the district and, also, has a magazine at Hikurangi for the safe storage of powder and dynamite.

Mr. Howie's Store.

Mr. Howie's Store.