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. Michael Slattery was born in 1871 in County Limerick, Ireland, and came to Lyttelton with his parents by the ship “Glenmark” in the following year. He was brought up to country life in the Halswell district, and in 1890 removed to Ashburton, where he found employment, and subsequently had five years' experience at Kimbolton (Birmingham) in the Wellington district, where he was farming bush land. For three years afterwards Mr. Slattery was farming in the Pahiatua district, and in June, 1901, he and his brother bought their farm at Windsor.