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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Andrew Liddell
Mr. Andrew Liddell , J.P., formerly Mayor of Winton, was born at Paisley, Scotland, in 1842, and is the eldest surviving son of Mr. John Liddell of that town. After receiving his education, his first employment was rope spinning, after which he was employed at a silk mill, and subsequently apprenticed, in 1854, to the saddlery trade, at which he continued until he left Scotland for Port Chalmers, by the ship “Palmyra,” which arrived there in February, 1858. Mr. Liddell experienced many changes incidental to early colonial life, including visits to the Auckland, Nelson, and West Coast goldfields. He went to Canterbury in 1869 and entered into business as a saddler in Cashel Street, Christchurch, but removed to Winton in 1883, where he has since built up one of the largest saddlery establishments in the district. Mr. Liddell is a large importer of ropes, tarpaulins, horse-covers, canvas, oils, etc. He was elected to the Borough Council in 1892, and during his term of office the handsome Athenaeum building was erected. Mr. Liddell is chairman of the Winton Literary Institute, treasurer of Lodge Winton, No. 108, N.Z.C., and a member of the Order of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity. He was married in 1873 to a daughter of Mr. Frederick Staples, of Linwood, Christchurch, and has six children.