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

Mr. James Halkett

Mr. James Halkett , Overseer of Brookstead Estate, Kokoamo, was born at Bonniebridge. Falkirk, Scotland, on the 9th of August. 1873, and was brought as an infant to Port Chalmers in the ship “Jessie Readman.” His family settled at Maheno, and for some years he found employment in the Kakanui district. Latterly Mr. Halkett entered the employment of Mr. Charles Nichols, proprietor of “Brookstead,” and was promoted to the position of overseer in 1901. He was married, in 1893, to a daughter of Mr. William McGregor, of Redcliffe, and has two sons and one daughter; one daughter having died.