The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. James Bennet
Mr. James Bennet , formerly Dredgemaster of the Kyeburn Dredge, was born in Victoria, in 1863, and brought up to farming. Since 1885, he has been engaged in connection with the dredging industry, became a dredgemaster in 1896, and was appointed master of the Kyeburn dredge in July, 1898. Mr. Bennet married a daughter of the late Mr. Robert Patrick, of Roxburgh, and has six daughters and one son.
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