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

Mr. Archibald Frew

Mr. Archibald Frew was born in 1849, at Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, where he was educated. He arrived in Dunedin in 1862, by the ship “Chariot of Fame,” and was apprenticed at the “Otago Daily Times” office. In March, 1871, Mr. Frew came to Oamaru to the “Oamaru Times, and subsequently joined Messrs W. J. Steward and Co., in taking over the journal. He has acted as conductor of the Oamaru Band for several years, and was successful in carrying off a prize of £100 at the Dunedin and South Seas Exhibition of 1889–90, besides a third prize at Christchurch and a third prize at Queenstown. He has acted as choirmaster of St. Paul's Presbyterian church. Mr. Frew was married, in 1874, to a daughter of Mr. Thomas Lunnan, of Awamoko, and has two daughters.