The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Kenneth Trail
Mr. Kenneth Trail , Manager of Messrs Trail Brothers' and Smythies' Pourakino sawmill, was born at Manipouri, in 1866, and educated at Riverton to which he was taken in 1874. He was employed at various sawmills throughout the district, before being appointed manager of the Pourakino mill, in 1902. Mr Trail holds a second-class service certificate as driver of stationary engines. He was married, in 1897, to a daughter of Mr James Trapper, of Invercargill, and has four sons and one daughter.