The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Thomas Alexander Swale
Mr. Thomas Alexander Swale , Manager of the Otara Cheese Factory, was born in 1883 at Winton. He was educated at Woodlands, where he worked at the dairy factory for two seasons and a-half. Afterwards he was employed at the Edendale Factory; and, having qualified as a cheese-making expert, became manager of the Dipton Factory in February, 1903, and took up his present position in October of the same year.