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. William Edwin Rixon , formerly Engine Driver at the Shag Point Mine, was born in Herkshiro, England, in 1867, and came to Port Chalmers with his parents, by the ship “Lutterworth,” when he was five years of age. He was educated at Moeraki and Shag Point, entered the service of the Company in 1882, and was entrusted with the onerous duties of driver in 1886. Mr. Rixon was married on the 7th of June, 1894, to a daughter of the late Mr. M. Todd, farmer, of Shag Valley, and has five sons.