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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Ernest George Alford
Mr. Ernest George Alford , Proprietor and Manager of the Caroline flaxmill, was born in London, in 1870. and left there for South Australia with his parents, in 1878. He came to New Zealand in 1893, and was employed with Ross and Co., twine manufacturers, Invercargill, for seven years. For two years he managed a mill for Mr Cruicksbank, and in October, 1902, started a mill at Otapiri Gorge for himself. In 1903, he removed to Josephville, settled at Caroline in April, 1904, and, later on, went to Waiau. Mr Alford married a daughter of Mrs Durham, of Invercargill, in 1895.