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 Harrold , who settled at Stewart Island about the year 1860, was born, in 1818, in the Orkney Islands. He went to sea as a youth, before coming out and settling at Half Moon Bay, where he received a grant of five acres of land. Mr Harrold kept a boarding-house for a time, and engaged in boat building, and he also owned a vessel which he ran between the Bluff and Australia. For a number of years before his death, he conducted the store, which is now owned by his son.