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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Henry John Walter
Mr. Henry John Walter , who was Mayor of Dunedin for three terms, held office during the years 1875–76, and 1878–80. He was born in Jamaica, and arrived in Victoria in 1853. Eleven years late he crossed over to Otago, where for twenty-nine years he was proprietor of the Occidental Hotel, in Dunedin. Mr. Walter first entered the City Council in 1869, and he was also a member of the Otago Harbour Board. After leaving Dunedin he settled in Wellington, where he kept a hotel for some years in Willis Street.