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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Mr. James Hogg was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, and came out to New Zealand in 1862. Soon after his arrival in Dunedin he started a business as general merchant, and continued it until 1897, when he wound up his business and established himself as a timber merchant, a business he had been formerly connected with in the Old Country. Mr. Hogg died in 1903. leaving a widow and two sons and one daughter. The daughter is Mrs S. K. Sleigh, wife of the general traffic manager of the Union Steamship Company. The elder son is Dr. R. H. Hogg, of Invercargill. whilst the younger, Mr. Alfred M. Hogg, is the Managing Director of Messrs Hogg and Co., Ltd.