The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. William McLauchlan
Mr. William McLauchlan , the Junior Partner, was born in 1870, at Tapanui, Otago, and educated at Dunedin. He spent twelve years in Victoria and New South Wales, where he gained experience of mercantile life. On returning to New Zealand in 1898, Mr McLauchlan was employed by an uncle at Outram for a year, and had further business experience at Plamerston North and in the Wairarapa district for three years, before joining Mr W. W. Shennan at Edendale in 1903. Mr McLauchlan joined the American Order of Oddfellows in Victoria.