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- 1 - Councillor Walter Macfarlane has been a member of the Cheviot County Council since its formation. He was born at Loburn, Canterbury, and educated at the old High School, Christchurch, and at Mr Charles Cook's private school. He was brought up to farming, and managed several stations for his father, before becoming proprietor of "Kiawara" in 1881. He was a member of the Hurunui Rabbit Board for six years. Mr. Maofarlane was married, in 1889, to a daughter of the late Mr. Robert Wilson, of Dunedin, and has one son and three daughters.
[ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District] Publication: 1903, Christchurch ]
2 - Kawarra Station (W. Macfarlane, proprietor), Culverden. This property comprises 26,000 acres of freehold, and is situated in the Amuri district, bounded by "St. Leonard's" and Cheviot, with the Hurunui river on its southern boundary. It formerly formed part of "St. Leonard's," and was bought by the late Mr. John Macfarlane in 1877. The present proprietor was appointed manager in the same year, and under his supervision great improvements have been made. The whole property is subdivided into numerous blocks, by about seventy miles of fencing, including a substantial rabbit-proof boundary fence, as well as several interior subdivision rabbit fences. About 2500 acres are sown in English grass. For the purpose of ornamentation, shelter, and firewood, Mr. Macfarlane grew fifty acres of plantation, and his homestead now abounds with well grown trees. The station lies in two counties, and the boundary of Cheviot and Amuri runs through its centre. The whole station is worked from two homesteads? that on the Cheviot side being a working homestead; at the Amuri homestead there is a substantial and elaborate building well situated, in ornamental plantations, with the necessary working buildings close by. There are about 18,000 Merino and half-bred sheep on the station, and Mr. Macfarlane keeps a Merino stud flock, which is well known throughout the colony.
[ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District] Publication: 1903, Christchurch ]
3 - STAMP DUTY
DECEASED PERSONS' ESTATES The estates of 229 deceased persons were assessed for stamp duty during the month of June, the largest being those of Sarah Ann Rhodes, Wellington, ?223,830; Walter Macfarlane, Canterbury, ?200,420; and David Duncan Macfarlane, Canterbury, ?112,121.
[ Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 5, 6 July 1915, Page 8 ]
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