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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mathieson, John

Mathieson, John, Farmer, Tahuna Farm, Springburn. Mr. Mathieson was born in Strathconan, Ross-shire, Scotland, in 1842, and came to New Zealand in 1859, in the ship “Zealandia.” On arrival he entered the service of Sir Cracroft Wilson, with whom he stayed eighteen months. When gold was discovered in Otago he set out for Gabriel's Gully, but was not successful. He then settled for four years in the Mackenzie Country. When gold was discovered in Westland he went there in quest of fortune, but did not find it. Accordingly he again returned to Canterbury, and led a very restless life for a number of years, during which he was successively a shepherd, farmer, and station manager. In 1896 he purchased his present holding of 626 acres, part of the Buccleugh estate, and he grows first-rate turnips, rape, and other root crops, and raises and fattens lambs for the export trade. The improvements on Mr Mathieson's property include a good dwellinghouse, the necessary outbuildings, seven miles of wire fencing, sheepyards, and all the other conveniences required to work a good sheep farm. The grounds are tastefully laid out with carefully selected and systematically planted trees. Mr. Mathieson was married, in 1873, to Miss Daly, and has one son and three daughters. Mrs Mathieson is a native of County Clare, Ireland, and came to New Zealand in 1866 in the ship “Mermaid.”