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- 1 - In 1853 Mr. Tinline turned his attention to sheepfarming, which he has ever since carried on on an extensive scale, and has been extremely successful in all his undertakings. He has owned several large runs, such as Weld's Hill, Green Hills, and Ferniehurst, in Marlborough, and Lyndon in Amuri. Lyndon contained upwards of 80,000 acres, about 50,000 acres of which were freehold; and the whole, including 40,000 sheep, was sold by Mr. Tinline to Messrs D. and A. Macfarlane, of Amuri.
[ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts] - Old Colonists Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1906, Christchurch ]
2 - Alexander purchased the Achray property from his brother James in 1892.
3 - Achray Station (A. Macfarlane, proprietor), Rotherham. This station, which was formerly part of the St. Leonard's estate, comprises 18,000 acres, and was bought by the late Mr. John Macfarlane in 1877. The property, which was originally tussock land, has been greatly improved by the erection of a fine homestead, now almost hidden by the tall trees that have been planted around it. A large shearing shed and other convenient outbuildings have been erected, and the whole property is well equipped as a sheep run. There is a flock of 14,000 half-bred sheep.
Mr. Alexander Macfarlane , Owner of "Achray," is referred to elsewhere as a member of the Amuri County Council.
[ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District] Publication: 1903, Christchurch ]
4 - Culverden , the centre of a wealthy sheepfarming country, is in the Pahau riding of the county of Amuri, and its railway station is the present (1903) northern terminus of the Hurunui-Bluff section of the New Zealand railways. The township is sixty-nine miles north of Christchurch, and the railway station stands 567 feet above the level of the sea. It contains a general store, a bakery, a saddler's shop, wheelwright's shop, and a blacksmith's shop, a hotel, and a police station. Culverden has a resident medical man, a public school, and a Presbyterian church. It is the starting place for coaches for Hanmer Hot Springs, and for Waiau and Kaikoura. Twenty-five acres of land in the township are devoted to the Amuri saleyards, where many large sales are held, as many as 126,000 sheep having been yarded for one day's sale. Sheep are brought from Springfield in the south, and from as far north as Nelson and Blenheim. The population of the settlement at the census of 1901 was eighty-seven, and twenty-five persons were returned as residing at Culverden sheep station, which adjoins the settlement. The township has a post, telegraph and money order office, a town hall, courthouse, and a drill hall for the Amuri Mounted Rifles. Culverden is the headquarters of the Amuri County Council, and of the Hurunui Rabbit Board.
Amuri County Council
Councillor Alexander Macfarlane has been a member of the Amuri County Council since 1893. He was born in Rangiora, in 1863, and educated at Lincoln Agricultural College. Mr. Macfarlane was on Lyndon station for seven years, and then took overis present property. He was married, in 1897, to a daughter of the late Mr. G. W. McRae, of the Glens of Tekoa.
[ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District] Publication: 1903, Christchurch ]
5 - The following notice appeared in the Christchurch Press after the death of
Alexander MacFarlane in 1913 -
Mr. Alexander MacFarlane, a well-known pastoralist, the owner of the Achray Station, Rotherham, died on January 3181, after a short illness, at the age of fifty. Mr. MacFarlane was the youngest son of the late Mr. John MacFarlane, who arrived in Wellington in 1840, and came to Canterbury in 1849? taking up several runs in the northern district. The late Mr. Alexander MacFarlane received his education at a private school in Christchurch, and at the Lincoln Agricultural College. He was on the Lyndon Station, now the property of Mr. D. D. MacFarlane, for seven years, and then acquired the Achray property which formed part of the St. Leonard's Station, purchased by the late Mr. J. MacFarlane, in 1877.
He took a keen interest in matters affecting the national industry, was a successful breeder of sheep, and a zealous official at the Hawarden and Waiau Shows. He was a member of the Amuri County Council since 1903, and also served on other local bodies. His eldest brother was the late Mr. Malcolm MacFarlane, of Coldstream, his other brothers being Mr. James MacFarlane, of Tologa Bay, Mr. D. D. MacFarlane, of Lyndon, and Mr. Walter MacFarlane, of Kaiwarra. Mr. MacFarlane married in 1897 a daughter of the late Mr. G. W. McRae, of Tekoa, who survives him.
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