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

Mr. Charles William Reid

Mr. Charles William Reid , Manager of Balruddery, is the third son of Mr. John Reid, of Elderslie, and was born in Dunedin, in 1865. He was educated at the Otago Boys' High School, was brought up to pastoral pursuits by his father, and became manager of the pastoral department of the Elderslie estate in 1887. In 1901, on the death of Mr. Angus Polson, who had managed Balruddery since its was purchased in 1879, Mr. Reid assumed the management of the property. He served for a time in the Otago Hussars, and, later on, in the North Otago Mounted Rifles, in which he held a commission as flieutenant for seven years. Mr. Reid is a member of the North Otago Jockey Club, of which he was president in 1903, and is also a member of the South Island Council of the New Zealand Sheepbreeders' Association. He was married, in 1894, to a daughter of Mr. G. L. Sise, Dunedin.