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

Inchholme

page 465

Inchholme.

Inch-Holme is a small rural village in the North Otago district. The nearest railway station is at Maheno, five miles away, and Oamaru is fifteen miles distant. Inchholme has a public school and a post office, but the nearest telegraph office is at Maheno. Good fishing is obtainable in the Kukanui river.

McDonald, George , Farmer, Inchholme. Mr. McDonald cultivates a farm which is 500 acres in extent, and of which only about fifty acres are leasehold. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1845, trained as an agriculturist, and came in the “Vicksburg,” to Port Chalmers in 1867. Five years later he settled in the Inchholme district, and acquired the first portion of his fine property. For ten years Mr. McDonald acted as a member of the old Oamaru Road Board, and was a member of the Inchholme school committee for several years. He was married, in 1878, to a daughter of Mr. Alex. Ross, of Enfield, and has five sons and four daughters.

Mr. and Mrs G. McDonald.

Mr. and Mrs G. McDonald.

Mee, Thomas , Farmer, Springbank, Inchholme. Mr. Mee was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1850. He was brought up to agricultural pursuits, came to Port Chalmers at the age of nineteen, by the ship “E.P. Bouverie,” and at once settled in the Otepopo district. “Springbank,” which is 231 acres in extent, was acquired by Mr. Mee in 1881. Mr. Mee served seven years as a member of the Inchholme school committee. In 1878 he was married to a daughter of the late Mr. Robert Short, of Dunedin, Government auctioneer.