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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. James Anderson Keith , son of a very old resident in the Winton district, is licensee of the Railway Hotel. He is also owner of a flax-mill at Centre Bush. Mr Keith was born at Winton, in 1866, and educated there and at the Invercargill Grammar School. He followed farming until 1892, when he commenced travelling for the Southland Implement and Engineering Company, with which he remained six years. In July, 1899, he took over the Railway Hotel. He is president of the Winton Caledonian Society, and a steward of the Winton Jockey Club. In 1898, Mr Keith married a daughter of the late Mr Austin Mcluerney, hotelkeeper, Invercargill, and has one son and one daughter.