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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. William Henry Skitch

Mr. William Henry Skitch , Proprietor of the Caledonian Hotel, was born in Bendigo, Victoria, in 1860, and was educated in his native place, He came to Otago in 1872, and was apprenticed to Messrs A. and T. Burt, Limited, engineers. After serving that firm for seven years, he took possession of the West Coast Hotel, which he conducted till 1889. During the next three years he made one or two visits to the Australian colonies and in 1892 took over the Rising Sun Hotel, where he remained until he acquired his present property. Mr. Skitch is a keen sportsman; he has been president, and is now vice-president, of the Dunedin Gun Club, with which he has been connected from its foundation. He has been a member of the Dunedin Cricket Club for many years, and he is now (1904) its captain; and he is a member of the committee of the Otago Cricket Association. He has also acted as umpire in important representative matches. Mr. Skitch was a member of the Dunedin Fire Brigade for five years, and represented Dunedin in team competitions. He is well known throughout New Zealand as an athlete, and as a winner of valuable trophies, here and in the other colonies. Mr. Skitch is also a member of the Caledonian Society. As a Freemason he is a member of Lodge Hiram, No. 46, New Zealand Constitution, and one of its Past Masters. Mr. Skitch was married in 1881, to a daughter of the late Mr. George Mariner, an old identity in Dunedin, and has a family of two sons.