The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]
Councillor Frank Rowell
Councillor Frank Rowell was elected to the Sumner Borough Council in 1899, and is a member of the works and finance committees. Mr. Rowell is a native of Canterbury, and was brought up to farming in the Springston district. He, however, joined the telegraph department in Christ-church, and remained in it for ten years. Mr. Rowell afterwards resigned his position and took up a business in Sumner.