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

Mr. John Beattie

Mr. John Beattie , Of the firm of Beattie, Coster and Co., has resided in Mataura since 1875. He was born in 1844, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and was apprenticed to the drapery trade at Hawick, in Roxburghshire. In 1863, Mr Beattie arrived at Port Chalmers by the ship “Ben Lomond,” and after two years on a station near Wyndham, went to the West Coast rush. He remained on the goldfields till 1868, when he removed to Dunedin. Then he was for five years at the Switzers and Waikaka diggings, and was for some time employed at Hokonui station. After settling at Mataura, Mr Beattie was employed in carting and coal mining work till he joined Mr W. Coster in opening up the Mataura pit, with which he has since been connected. Mr Beattie was a member of the first Mataura Town Board, and has served on the local school committee, and Domain Board. In 1876, he was married to a daughter of the late Mr Hugh Ward, of Invercargill, and has five sons and four daughters.