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

Taylor, William Lang

Taylor, William Lang , General Storekeeper, Butcher and Baker, Woodlands. This business was established in 1874 by Mr E. Taylor, brother of the present proprietor. The premises, which are of wood and iron, comprise a large double-fronted shop, with offices and store behind, and a large bakehouse, stabling, and sheds stand on a section of twelve acres attached to the store. Mr Taylor's residence, a handsome building, standing on an acre of freehold, is close by, and he owns 170 acres in the vicinity, Mr Taylor was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1842, and was educated in his native city, and at Partick. For some years before coming to New Zealand he was employed in the wellknown publishing house of Blackie and Son. He started for New Zealand in the ship “Grasmere,” but this vessel was wrecked off the coast of Ireland, and Mr Taylor arrived at the Bluff by the ship “Paria,” in 1864. He followed mercantile life for some years, but had to abandon it on account of failing sight, and entered the service of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company. He remained in that company's service for several years, during which he was also clerk to the Clydevale, and then to the Oteramika, Road Board; and he acquired his present business in 1880. Mr Taylor was for some time chairman of the Edendale school committee, and secretary of the Woodlands school committee, and he is an honorary member of Court Star of the Forest, Ancient Order of Foresters, Woodlands. He was married, in 1880, to a daughter of the late Captain James B. Greig, at one time Magistrate at Stewart Island, and has three sons and two daughters.

Mr. W. L. Taylor and his Second Daughter.

Mr. W. L. Taylor and his Second Daughter.