The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. John Alexander Barr
Mr. John Alexander Barr was elected to the City Council for High Ward in 1885, but retired on the 10th of September of the same year. Mr. Barr was articled to Messrs Sievwright and Stout, and afterwards practised as a lawyer. He also took up literary work, but afterwards left the colony for London.