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John Fleming Douglas, farmer
John Fleming Douglas, of Waihao Downs Station, is the eldest son of
the late Mr. John Douglas, who died at Mount Royal, Palmerston, on
the 12th of August, 1903. He was born at Caversham, Dunedin, in
1864, and was educated at Oamaru, Dunedin, and in Scotland. Notes: c1900 THE WAIHAO DOWNS post office was established in 1897, and is conducted at the Waihao Downs station. Mails are received and despatched daily, and the proprietor of the station runs a mail coach to and from Waimate under contract with the department Mr. John Fleming Douglas acts as postmaster. THE WAIHAO DOWNS PUBLIC SCHOOL dates from November, 1901. It stands on part of a section of four acres of land, which was given to the Education Department by Mr. John Douglas, of Waihao Downs station MEWBURN, WILLIAM, Engineer and General Smith, Waihao Downs. This business was established by Mr. Douglas, and was acquired by the present owner in 1899.
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