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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. John Miller Hazledine
Mr. John Miller Hazledine , Senior Partner in the firm, was born in Shropshire, England, in 1861. He attended the local grammar school, and Denston College, Staffordshire, and came out to Melbourne in 1881. After gaining some experience in Australia in commerce, Mr Hazledine engaged in station life till 1893, when he landed at the Bluff. He was for some time on a station in Southland, and then took a store at Waikaia, which he conducted for five years. Subsequently he became interested in some of the local dredges, and after some success sold out his interest and turned his attention to coal mining. The coal at Muddy Creek pit was discovered about 1899, and the mine has been steadily developed since that date. Mr Hazledine was married, in Melbourne, in 1891, to a daughter of Mr Peter Murton, at one time caretaker of the Yan-Yean Reservoir, and has three sons.