The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Councillor John Shaw
Councillor John Shaw , who represents Inchholme riding on the Waitaki County Council, and has been a member since 1888, was born in Aberdeen, in 1842, and arrived at Port Chalmers, by the ship “Grassmere,” in 1862. After being five years in the Taieri, two years in the Waikouaiti, and eleven years in the Oamaru district, he settled at Incholme.