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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. William Sherman Macrae

Mr. William Sherman Macrae, who was appointed manager of the Government poultry station, at Burnham, in 1902, was born at Ashburton in July, 1881. He is a son of Mr. J. W. MacRae, the proprietor of Stronvar estate, in the Wairarapa district, Wellington, and was educated by a private tutor. Mr. MacRae afterwards assisted his father on the estate, and devoted a considerable amount of his leisure time to the study of poultry. In 1901 he went as a cadet to the Government poultry station, at Momahaki, near Wanganui, and in the following year accepted his present appointment.