Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1908, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

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

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Captain George Craw, of the Linton Rifle Club, was born in the year 1866, at Papanui, Christchurch, where he was educated at the public school. He then went to Little Akaloa, Banks' Peninsula, where he assisted on his father's farm, and afterwards bought a property in the upper part of the bay, which is known as Chorlton. Mr. Craw subsequently sold the farm, and bought his present property at Linton. He is a member of the New Zealand Flax-millers' Association. In the year 1889 Mr. Craw married Miss Elizabeth Hunter, of Chorlton, and has two sons and three daughters.