Mr. Arthur Sinclair , Railway Wharf Foreman at the Bluff, was born in Shetland, Scotland, in 1847, and came to New Zealand in 1860 by the barque “Henrietta. For a time he lived in Dunedin, where be attended a night school, and settled at the Bluff in 1865. Having been accustomed to the handling of boats from his youth he shortly afterwards joined the pilot service, and was frequently in charge of the pilot boat. Mr Sinclair joined the railway service in 1876 as porter, and after serving twelve years in that capacity was appointed foreman on the wharf. Mr Sinclair was initiated in the Shamrock. Rose and Thistle Lodge of Oddfellows, in 1869, and is now connected with the Loyal Awarua Lodge at the Bluff, in which he has passed all the chairs. In the early days he served on the Bluff school committee. Mr Sinclair was married, in 1867, and has one daughter.