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

Mr. James Soar

Mr. James Soar , Headmaster of the Thornbury Public School, was born in 1869, in Nottingham, England. He was educated at Saltby College, Birmingham, and was trained as a teacher, taking the full English certificate. Mr Soar became assistant teacher at Burnley, Lancashire, and a year later was transferred to Omskirk, near Liverpool, where he taught for three years. In 1894, Mr Soar came to Port Chalmers by the s.s. “Rimutaka,” and entered the service of the Southland Education Board. He was teacher at Limestone Plains for eight years, and was appointed to his present position at Thornbury about the end of 1902. Mr Soar was a member of the 2nd Warwickshire Rifles for two years, and twice attended camp at Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth Castle. As a Freemason, he is attached to Lodge Aparima, Riverton. Mr Soar was married, in 1883, to a daughter of the late Mr Thomas Lancaster, of Bolton, England, and has one son and one daughter.