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

Mr. William Saunders

Mr. William Saunders , the Proprietor, was born in 1848, and is the eldest son of Mr Alfred Saunders, a pioneer colonist, and prominent politician. He was educated at Nelson College, brought up to flour-milling in Nelson and Canterbury, and afterwards erected land worked the Ashburton mills, in conjunction with his brothers. In 1884, he removed to Southland, and engaged in farming till he purchased the Otautau flour mill. Mr Saunders served for some time on the Otautau Town Board. In 1882, he was appointed Returning Officer for the Wallace electorate, and has been a Justice of the Peace since 1890. Mr Saunders was married, in 1873, to a daughter of the late Mr William Wilkie, merchant, of Nelson, and has four sons and four daughters.