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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. Francis MacKenzie

Mr. Francis MacKenzie, Proprietor of the “Northern Luminary,” was born of Scotch and English parents in London in 1846, and apprenticed to Messrs. Witherby and Co., law stationers and printers of Birchin Lane, Lincoln's Inn Fields and Middle Row Place, Holborn. He came to Auckland with his parents in 1863, and after finishing his training at the office of the “New Zealander” he visited Australia and the goldfields. After serving a term with the Government Printer in Sydney, Mr. MacKenzie returned to Auckland with his family, and was employed as an overseer on the “Southern Cross” newspaper. When that journal was wound up, he started the “Northern Luminary.”