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

Pert. Thomas

Pert. Thomas , Farmer, “Wood-lea,” Otakau. “Woodlea” consists of 324 acres of freehold, extending from the main road to the Otakau creek. One hundred and seventy-two acres of the property were taken up by the proprietor, in 1882. in its natural condition, and fully sixty acres have already been cleared. Eighteen cows
Gerstenkorn, photo.Mr. And Mrs T. Pert And Daughter.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. And Mrs T. Pert And Daughter.

were in milk in the season of 1904. Mr Pert was born in Berkshire, England, on the 17th of November, 1851, and arrived at Port Chalmers by the ship “Buckinghamshire” in 1874. He transhipped to the Bluff, and for some years was employed at Invercargill, and at Oreti Plains, near Drummond. He served for several years in the Invercargill Rifles, and, as an Oddfellow, is connected with Court Star of the South. Mr Pert has been a member of the Otakau school committee since 1897, and presented five acres of land as a site for the school. He was married, in July, 1886, to a daughter of the late Mr John Stanier, of Wolverhampton. England, and Otakau, New Zealand, and has one daughter.