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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Steele, Thomas
Steele, Thomas , Family Butcher, Otautau. Mr. Steele is the eldest son of Mr. Thomas Steele, of Sydney, New South Wales, and was born in that city in 1858. He received his education at Riverton, and was apprenticed to the tailoring trade with Messrs. Whittingham Bros, and Instone, of Riverton, with whom he remained only eighteen months. He, subsequently, learned the trade of a butcher under Mr. Smidt, of Riverton, in whose service he continued about seven years. Mr. Steele was then appointed manager for Messrs. Walker and Todd, butchers, of Otautau, whose business he afterwards purchased. He was initiated in Lodge Aparima, No. 77, N.Z.C., in 1897, and is also a member of the local lodge of Oddfellows. In 1896, he married Grace, daughter of Mr. Francis Moore, of Tasmania.
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Mr. T. Steele.