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

Roslyn Bush

page 1058

Roslyn Bush.

The Post Office in this district is centrally situated about three miles from One Tree Point railway station, on the Dunedin-Invercargill line of railway. The surrounding country is gently undulating, and includes large areas of rich, agricultural land. The main road that leads from the railway and on through the Raka-houka to Grove Bush, on the one hand, and to Mabel Bush, on the other, passes through the settlement, which has a public school, and a hall for public meetings. The district, which is eight miles by a good road from Invercargill, is in the Awarua riding of the county of Southland, and in the electoral district of Awarua. At the census of 1901, the population of Roslyn Bush, understood as the local post office and adjacent houses, was only eleven, while that on the Roslyn plains numbered 119 souls.

The Roslyn Bush Post Office was established in the seventies and is conducted at “Calvertholm,” the residence of Mr James Calvert. Mails are received and despatched twice weekly.

Mr. James Calvert , who acts as Postmaster at Roslyn Bush, is a
Gerstenkorn, photo.Mr. And Mrs J. Calvert.

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Mr. And Mrs J. Calvert.

son of the late Mr J. C. M. Calvert, and was born in the district in 1866. He was educated at the local school, and was brought up to farming by his father, whom he succeeded at postmaster in 1892, and from whom he inherited a property of 240 acres of freehold, which he has since farmed. Mr Calvert served for two years in the Southland Mounted Rifles, and he is a member of the Roslyn Bush school committee, of which he has been chairman. He was married, in 1894, to a daughter of the late Mr John Henry Dawson, of “Brunswick,” Kennington, and has one son and three daughters.
Halliday, William , Farmer, “Lindwood,” Roslyn Bush. “Lindwood” consists of 335 acres of freehold, and 165 acres of leasehold land. When purchased by the proprietor,
Gerstenkorn, photo.Mr. And Mrs W. Halliday.

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Mr. And Mrs W. Halliday.

two-thirds of the land was in a state of nature, but has since been brought under cultivation. Mr Halliday was born in Midlothian, Scotland, in 1841, and was brought up to farming in Berwickshire. He came to New Zealand in 1861, and worked for six years in goldmining at Gabriel's Gully, the Dunstan, Lake Hindon, and on the West Coast. He afterwards settled at Roslyn Bush, where he bought 214 acres of land, which he farmed for ten years, and in 1877 acquired “Lindwood,” where he devotes himself to mixed farming. Mr Halliday was a member of the Lyndhurst Road Board for twenty-two years, and served for some years on the Roslyn school committee. He was married, in 1879, to a daughter of the late Mr J. C. M. Calvert, of Roslyn Bush, and has, surviving, four sons and three daughters.
Irving, John Carlyle , Farmer, Roslyn Plains, Roslyn Bush. Mr Irving was born in 1830, in Dumfries-shire, Scotland, where he was
Gerstenkorn, photo.Mr. J. C. Irving.

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Mr. J. C. Irving.

brought up to farming. In 1854 he he arrived in Victoria, where he worked for a time on the diggings before coming to New Zealand in 1862. Mr Irving followed mining for several years, and was at Gabriel's Gully and Hartley and Riley goldfields; but in 1865 he took up 120 acres of freehold and 290 acres of leasehold land at Roslyn Plains. The land was then in its native state, but has since been brought into thorough cultivation. Mr Irving served for a term as a member of the Lyndhurst Road Board. He was for twenty years treasurer of the Roslyn Plains school committee, and has been for many years connected with the Southland Agricultural and Pastoral Association, of which he has been, successively, director, vice-president, and president. Mr Irving was married, in Victoria, to a daughter of the late Mr William Stewart, of Oban, Scotland. His wife died in 1879, leaving six sons and two daughters.

Mr. James Charles Mcrae Calvert who was a well-known settler in the Roslyn Bush district, was born in 1828, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, where he was brought up as a wheelwright and joiner. He came out to Victoria in 1854, and engaged in mining on the Ballarat, Beach worth and the Ovens diggings. Mr Calvert came page 1059 to Otago in 1864, and after working as a miner at Tuapeka he took up land in that district, in which he was one of the earliest settlers. In the early days, Mr Calvert also did a good deal of contracting work, including bridge building. He was for several years a member of the Lyndhurst Road Board, was chairman of the Roslyn Bush school committee from its inception, and acted as postmaster at Roslyn Bush for sixteen years. Mr Calvert was married, in 1854, to a daughter of the late Mr Hugh Gardiner, of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and at his death, in 1892, left two sons and three daughters. Mrs Calvert died in 1894.