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

Mr. Arthur Wiffen

Mr. Arthur Wiffen , J.P., was born in England in 1849, and was educated at Cheltenham. He was brought up to the malting business in the Old Country, and after three-and-a-half years' experience in America he came to New Zealand, in the s.s. “Doric,” under engagement to Messrs Wigram Bros., of Christchurch, whose large malting business he managed for nearly eight years. During his residence in Christchurch he took a prominent part in public affairs; for several years he was a member of the Selwyn county council, was member and chairman of the Heathcote road board, a member of the Heathcote school committee and Lyttelton licensing committee, and also a member of the Christ-church hospital board. Mr. Wiffen was created a Justice of the Peace in 1892. On leaving Canterbury he came to Dunedin, where, in 1895, he established the business of the Otago Malting Company, and took Mr. W. B. Vigers into partnership. Subsequently this partnership was dissolved, and in 1903 a disastrous fire destroyed the firm's large premises in Cumberland Street. Mr. Wiffen now lives in retirement at Well Park House, a handsome residence on the banks of the Water of Leith. He was married, in 1870, to a daughter of Mr. W. H. Kidd, of Stanstead, Essex, and has four sons.