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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Slatter, John

Slatter, John, Farmer, Kiwitahi, Helensville. The subject of this sketch was born in 1860, received his early education at Home, and completed it at the Auckland page 637 Grammar School. When only thirteen years of age, his parents came to Auckland in the ship “Queen Bee” and settled for a time in that city. Mr. Slatter visited Australia and gained some experience of sheep farming in South Australia. On returning to New Zealand, he purchased his present property at Kiwitahi, which consists of about 3000 acres, and is mostly in grass, and devoted chiefly to the breeding and fattening of cattle. Mr. Slatter is a member of the Waitemata Licensing Committee, on which body he has done good service. He is an enthusiastic amateur photographer, and some of his work is reproduced in this volume. Mr. Slatter is married to a daughter of the late Mr. R. J. Duncan, once a well-known auctioneer of Wellington, and has two sons and three daughters.