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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Lindley, John

Lindley, John, Aerated Water Manufacturer, Te Kopuru. Mr. Lindley was born in Shropshire, England, in 1828, and educated at Doncaster and York. In 1858 he went to India, and was employed in the office of the traffic manager for the East India Railway Company in Calcutta. He was afterwards for some years manager of the School-book Society of Calcutta, and also a bill and sharebroker in that city. In 1878 he came to New Zealand in the s.s. “Hero,” and was appointed master of Te Kopuru school, where he remained for fourteen years, when he retired and established his present business in 1892, it being the only one of the kind on the North Wairoa river. Mr. Lindley is a past master in Masonry of the Lodge of “True Friendship” in Calcutta, also past principal of “Royal Arch” chapter in the same city, and was second master of Lodge St. George at Dargaville. He has acted as Lay Reader for the Church of England at Te Kopuru for over twenty-two years.

Mr. J. Lindley.

Mr. J. Lindley.