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

Mr. Collie

Mr. Collie was born in 1848 in County Clare, Ireland, and was educated in Victoria, whither he was taken at the age of ten years. Both his parents were Scotch and originally belonged to Inverness. He was brought up to the trade of a bookbinder, and was for over thirteen years with the firm of Messrs George Robertson and Co., of Melbourne. In 1883 he arrived in New Zealand, and was engaged by Messrs Erskine and Whitmore, of Invercargill, with whom he continued for upwards of ten years, becoming manager of their manufacturing department. In 1893 he took over the Park View Hotel, Invercargill, and, about twelve months later, became landlord of the Criterion Hotel, which he left to take over the “Central” in Dunedin. Subsequently he took over the Southern Hotel, and in 1903, purchased his present property. He is a member of the Order of Foresters, being attached to Court Star of the South, Invercargill. Mr. Collie was married, in 1897, to a daughter of the late Mr. R. M. Clark, of Taranaki, and has three sons and three daughters.