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

Pine Bush

Pine Bush.

Pine Bush is a picturesque district in the electorate of Mataura and in the Toetoes riding of the county of Southland. The page 900 settlement is named from the estate which was farmed by Mr Hugh Carswell for many years and has recently been subdivided for closer settlement. The main road from Fortrose to Wyndham passes through the district, the centre of which is five miles from Waimahaka, fifteen miles from Wyndham, and four miles from Mataura Island. Agriculture and dairy farming are the principal industries, and there is a factory at Mataura Island and a creamery at Titiroa, where there is a railway station which serves the Pine Bush settlers. Pine Bush has a public school with an average attendance of fourteen, a Presbyterian church, and a small public hall; and there is a post office and telephone bureau at the Pine Bush accommodation house. The land is of an undulating character, and there are a number of very fine farms in the district. At the census of 1901 there was a population of 138

Carswell, Thomas , Settler, Pine Bush. Mr Carswell was born in 1837, in Buteshire, Scotland. He was educated at Port Bannatyne, and was brought up to a country life. In 1867 he arrived at Port Chalmers, by the ship “William Davie,” and after residing for a year at Taieri Plains, settled in the Pine Bush district, where he worked for a time with his brother, Mr Hugh Carswell, and ultimately became a teacher under the Southland Education Board. For eleven years, Mr Carswell was in charge of the Pine Bush school. In 1892 he took a trip to Scotland, returning early in the following year, and has since been associated with the Pine Bush district. He has been a member of the school committee, and is an elder of the Presbyterian church.

Dunlop, William , Farmer, Spud Bush, Pine Bush. Mr Dunlop was born, in 1844, at Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, where he was educated, and brought up to farming. He came out to Queensland, in 1862, and two years later landed at Port Chalmers. After working on the goldfields at Hamilton, Hogburn, and Hindon, Mr Dunlop removed to Southland in 1864, and three years later settled at Pine Bush. In 1874 he bought 111 acres of land, part of his present farm, and afterwards increased his holding to 300 acres. Mr Dunlop has been a member of the Pine Bush school committee from its inception, and was for about four years a member of the Toi Toi Road Board. He was married, in 1874, to a daughter of the late Mr John Anderson, of Hawke's Bay, and has six sons and four daughters surviving. One of his sons was a member of the Seventh Contingent to South Africa, and lost his life at the Bothasberg fight. Mrs Dunlop was born in Dune din in 1847, and is said to have been the second European child in Otago. Her father, who arrived in Port Chalmers by the ship “Bernicia,” was a stationholder in the Wyndham district for many years, and one of the pioneer pastoralists of Otago.

Gilkison, James Lindsay Farmer, Titiroa Farm, Pine Bush. Mr Gilkison's property consists of 550 acres of freehold land, and is worked as a mixed farm. Mr Gilkison is the second son of Mr P. T. Gilkison, of Invercargill, where he was born in 1879. He was educated in Invercargill, and was brought up to farming, Mr Gilkison acquired Titiroa Farm in 1902.

Golden, Henry , Farmer, Pine Bush. Mr Golden was born in 1838, in Ireland, where he was brought up to farming. In 1857 he landed in Victoria, and, four years later, came to New Zealand, intending to go to the Gabriel's Gully goldfield. He changed his mind, however, and remained in Southland, where he entered the service of a runholder. For about six years Mr Golden had a mill contract in the district, between Mataura and Waimahaka, and in 1870 he acquired the first portion of his freehold at Pine Bush. Mr Golden is a member of the Tci Toi Road Board, was for a time a member of the Fortrose Licensing Committee, and is a member of the committee of the Pine Bush school. He was married, in 1870, to a daughter of the late Mr John McLean, of Loch Lomond, and has two sons and eight daughters.

Pine Bush Estate (Hugh Carswell, owner), Pine Bush. This property consists of 1,200 acres of freehold, and 150 of leasehold, land. Grain, sheep and cattle are raised on the estate. The stud Shorthorn cattle and Border Leicester sheep have been frequent prizewinners at shows in the South Island

Mr. And Mrs. W. Dunlop. Gerstenkorn, photo.

Mr. And Mrs. W. Dunlop.
Gerstenkorn, photo.

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Mr. John Welsh , who has been Manager of the Pine Bush estate since 1901, was born in July, 1855, in Kincardineshire, Scotland, where he was brought up as a shepherd. He came to Port Chalmers by the ship “Timaru,” in 1879. After being storekeeper on Morton Mains station for two years, he removed to the Wairarapa, where he was for seven years head shepherd on Bowland's station. On returning to Southland, in 1893, he became head shepherd on Morton
Gerstenkron, photo Mr. J. Welsh.

Gerstenkron, photo
Mr. J. Welsh.

Mains for four years, and afterwards managed a farm for Mr Fairweather at One Tree Point, for six years. He was then head shepherd on Clifton estate for two years. Mr Welsh is owner of a dairy farm at Gorge Road, and is a member of Pine Bush and Morton Mains school committee. He was judge of Romney Marsh sheep at the Dunedin Agricultural and Pastoral show of 1903, and a judge at Invercargill show, and at the Gore show, in 1901. Mr Welsh was married, in 1893, to a daughter of the late Mr Peter Stewart, farmer, Gorge Road, and has two sons and two daughters.