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

Dumbarton

Dumbarton.

Dumbarton is an old-settled district on the western side of the Molyenux river, five miles south from Roxburgh, and ninety-five miles distant from Dunedin. The settlement extends over a broad flat, from the Mount Benger Range to the Molyneux, and consists chiefly of good agricultural land, equal to any in Central Otago. Dredging is carried on in the adjoining river. There is a post and telegraph office at Dambarton, with a daily mail coach service; and at Moa Flat there is a public school.

Mcintosh Bros . (James and William Lindsay McIntosh), Farmers, Linnburn, Dumbarton. The property owned by the Messrs McIntosh consists of 200 acres of freehold land. The brothers are the sons of Mr. J. McIntosh, of Lawrence, who died in 1892.

Mr. James Mcintosh was born in Dunedin, in 1865, and from his earliest days was engaged in agriculture. He settled in Dumbarton in 1882, and served for several years as a member of the Moa Flat school committee. Mr. McIntosh was a member of Court Roxburgh, Ancient Order of Foresters, in which he had passed all the chairs. He now (1904) keeps a store at Clinton. Mr. McIntosh was married, in 1895, to a daughter of Mr. J. Drinnan, of Tokomairiro, and has one son.

Mr. William Lindsay Mcintosh was born in Dunedin in 1867, and is a moulder by trade. He joined his brother as a partner in the firm in 1889. In 1897, he was married to a daughter of the late Mr. A. Campbell, of Pine Hill, Dunedin, and has one son and one daughter.