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. William Orr Smellie , Of the Otago Iron Rolling Mills, was born in Glasgow. Scotland, in 1856. He was brought up and educated in Manchester, and subsequently served an apprenticeship in the steel department of the Great Central Railway. He arrived in New Zealand in 1886 with his brothers, whom he joined in establishing Messrs Smellie Brothers' Iron Rolling Mills, which have since been formed into a company under the name of the Otago Iron Rolling Mills Company, Limited. Mr. Smellie was married, in 1881, to a daughter of Mr John Rowbottorn, of Manchester. England, and has a family of two sons and three daughters.