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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. John Nicol
Mr. John Nicol , Stationmaster and Postmaster at Ngapara. is a son of the late Captain John Nicol. and was born in 1849. at Greenock, Scotland, where he was educated. He arrived in Port Chalmers with his father by the ship “Three Bells” in 1859, and attended school in Dunedin. Mr. Nicol had a few years' experience in bush farming on the Peninsula, before joining the Railway Department at Dunedin in 1876. Two. years later he was promoted to the position of stationmaster at Maheno. where he continued till 1887, when he was transferred to his present position at Ngapara. He is attached to the Ngapara Lodge of Freemasons. No. 68, New Zealand Contitution. Mr. Nicol was married, in 1874. to a daughter of the late Mr. John Tinnock, of the Peninsula. His wife died in 1896, leaving three sons and three daughters.