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

Mr. P. De La Perrelle

Mr. P. De La Perrelle , J.P., Proprietor and Editor, was born in Arrow, in 1872, and served his time to the printing trade in the office of the “Press.” He bought the paper in 1895, and has conducted it since. Mr de la Perrelle was appointed to the Commission of Peace in 1899. He represents Lake county on the Southland Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, is a member of the Wakatipu Licensing Committee, and a steward of the Lake County and Arrow Jockey Clubs. He has been for some years in the Borough Council, and is a vice-president of the Arrow Literary and Debating Society, of the Arrow Football Club, and of the Tennis Club, and is on the committee of the Cricket Club and the Caledonian Society. He is captain of the Wakatipu Mounted Rifles, of which he was formerly first lieutenant. In 1902, he was married to a daughter of the late Mr Grant, of Milton, and has one son.