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

His Worship The Mayor, Mr. James Miller

His Worship The Mayor, Mr. James Miller , J.P., who was elected Mayor of Green Island in 1903, and again in April, 1904, has occupied a seat on the Council, either as councillor or Mayor ever since the borough was incorporated as a municipality. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and came to New Zealand in 1868, by the ship “Anges Muir.” After a year spent in a bacon-curing business at Caversham, he removed to Green Island, and with Mr. McDonald, opened up a similar establishment. On the retirement of Mr. McDonald in 1893 Mr. Miller took his son into partnership. The firm cures on an average about 4,000 pigs in a season, which are distributed to customers all over the colony. Mr. Miller has been a member of the Caversham Licensing Committee, chairman of the Green Island Domain Board, and chairman of the local school committee. He believes that the only rational solution to the Kaikorai stream question is the extension of the Green Island borough, which, if accomplished, would enable the ratepayers to demand a water supply from the Silverstream, thus providing the factories with clean water with which to carry on their operations. Mr. Miller was married, in 1874, to a daughter of Mr. John Mills, and has a family of six sons and three daughters.