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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Milne, W. , Farmer, “Hillside,” Hakataramea. Mr. W. Milne was born in Morayshire, Scotland, in 1852, and came to New Zealand in 1868. He purchased his present farm of 337 acres in 1885, and has cultivated it with the best results, as he has obtained as much as fifty bushels of wheat and seventy bushels of oats per acre. Mr. Milne believes in mixed farming, and in breeding from halfbred ewes and Border Leicester rams, to fatten lambs for the export trade. He has served on the church committee, also as one of the trustees of the Hakataramea public school, and has been on the school committee for many years. Mr. Milne was married, in 1886, to Miss Buick, and has one son and three daughters.