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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. James Prentice

Mr. James Prentice , formerly one of the Engine Drivers at the Shag Point mine, was born in 1851 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. His education was gained in his native place, and he began to work in a coalmine when he was ten years of age. For a number of years he was connected with coalmining in Scotland, and landed in Port Chalmers on Boxing Day, 1880, by the ship “Auckland.” Soon afterwards he went to Shag Point, and worked as a miner for about two years, and was appointed engine driver in 1883. Mr. Prentice was married, in 1871, to a daughter of Mr. J. Mitchell, late of Kaikorai, and has seven sons and four daughters.