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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Buick, Robert , Farmer, Gladfield. Mr Buick was born in 1868, in County Antrim, Ireland, where he was brought up to farming. He came to New Zealand by the s.s. “Rimutaka,” in 1878, and settled in the Winton district, where he was employed in farm work for several years. In 1896, Mr Buick bought 170 acres of the Gladfield estate, and in 1901 acquired a further area of 143 acres. Mr Buick has effected considerable improvements in the property, which is devoted to mixed farming.

McFetrick, William, Farmer, “Gladfield Homestead,” Gladfield. Mr McFetrick was born in County Derry, Ireland, in 1846, and came to New Zealand by the ship “Dauntless,” in 1863. He was engaged in gold mining, chiefly in the Nevis district, for over thirty years. In the year of his arrival in New Zealand, he proceeded to the West Coast, but three years later returned to Otago, where he engaged in hydraulic sluicing, with considerable success. In 1893, Mr McFetrick retired from mining, and bought “Gladfield Homestead,” a property of 564 acres, and he has since acquired an additional area of 272 acres in the neighbourhood. Mr McFetrick devotes himself to the breeding of Shorthorn cattle, Clydesdale horses, and crossbred sheep.