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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. John Brown

Mr. John Brown was elected in 1898 to represent the Borough of Sydenham on the Lyttelton Harbour Board. He had been a member of the Sydenham Borough Council for ten years, during which he had been Mayor for two consecutive terms. Mr. Brown is at present chairman of the Spreydon Road Board, of which he has been a member for three years, and has recently been elected for a further term. He has been a member of the Addington school committee since its inception, is a member of the Motett Society, and has for many years been a prominent member of the Wesley an denomination. At present (1902) he is choirmaster of the Wesleyan Church at Addington. Mr. Brown was born at Sunderland, Durham, England, in May, 1854, and landed when a child, at Lyttelton, in 1858, with his father, Mr J. T. Brown. He was educated at the Scotch School at Lyttelton under Mr John Ross, and was subsequently associated with his father in establishing the firm of J. T. Brown, timber merchant. In 1886 he was admitted as a partner in the firm, which then assumed the title of Messrs J. T. Brown and Son. The firm is further referred to in another article.