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

Councillor Thomas Power

Councillor Thomas Power , J.P., has been one of the members representing Wairio riding in the Wallace County Council since 1900. Mr Power was born, in 1842, in County Clare, Ireland, where he was brought up to farming. He arrived in Melbourne, in 1859, and after residing for nearly three years in Victoria, came to New Zealand. He was one of the early diggers at Gabriel's Gully and afterwards worked at the Dunstan, and at Hartley and Riley's Beach. In 1863, Mr Power bought land on the New River, where he farmed till 1878, when he settled in Wrey's Bush district. Mr Power was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1898, and is a member of the Wrey's Bush Cemetery Trust. He has been a member of the Otautau school committee, and was elected a member of the Wallace Licensing Bench, in 1903. Mr Power was married, in 1871, to a daughter of the late Mr John Francis, of County Galway, Ireland, and has one son and five daughters.