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- John /McMaster/
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- b. 1843 at Calgary, Isle of Mull, Argylshire, Scotland
- d. at Reefton
- M.1.
- Occupation Mine Manager
Nb. From the Cyclopedia of New Zealand 1906.
McMaster, John, Mine Manager, Reefton.
Mr. McMaster was born in Argyllshire, Scotland, in January, 1847. After he was educated, he was put to engineering
for a short time, and in the year 1567, came to New Zealand and landed at Port Chalmers, from the ship Peraboo.
About nine months later, Mr. McMaster removed to Hokitika, and was afterwards attracted to Westport by the gold
fields; while in that district, he was interested in one of the longest protecting tunnels on the field, the face
of which had been extended the distance of 2,400 feet. Mr. McMaster arrived in Reefton in the year 1871, and was
subsequently engaged in felling heavy timber, in Broadway, Reefton, and also had charge of the construction of the
telegraph track, from Reefton to Greymouth; his work, however, was chiefly in connection with mining. Mr. McMaster
was afterwards overseer of a shift, and mine manager of various claims, such as the Keep It Dark Company's claim
(of which he was manager for seven years), the Inglewood, the Nil Desperandum, the Lone Star, at Boatman's, and the
Rainy Creek, and he has managed the Golden Lead claim since the year 1896. As a Freemason, Mr. McMaster is a member
of the Robert Burns Lodge, and is one of the oldest members of the Order of Oddfellows in the district. In June,
1875, he married a daughter of the late Captain Dyer, of the Isle of Wright, whose ship left Brishane, and was
never heard of afterwards. Mr. McMaster has, surviving, five sons and six daughters.
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