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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. Alexander Sinclair Gillanders was formerly Mine Manager of the Allandale Coal Company's Mine at Shag Point. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1867, and was educated partly in Scotland and partly at Dunedin, where he arrived by the last trip of the ship “Peter Denny,” in 1874. Mr. Gillanders was brought up as a mechanical engineer and served his time with Kincaid and McQueen in Dunedin. After completing his apprenticeship he worked for some time at his trade in that city. In 1891 he was appointed engineer in charge of the machinery at Shag Point, where he remained till 1893, when he joined the service of the Allandale Company as engineer. He was appointed underground foreman in 1896, and promoted to the managership of the mine in the following year. Mr. Gillanders was married in 1893 to a daughter of Mr. A. McIntosh, managing director of the Allandale Company, and has two daughters and one son.