MILNE, ALEXANDER (1814-95) arrived in Wellington by the Lady Nugent (1840), and lived at the Hutt for nine years. He then acquired the Rose Bank property at Fern Flats, Rangitikei. A very progressive settler, he was responsible for the formation of the first road board in the district—Kahauraponga—of which he was chairman. He was chairman also of the general road board and of the Rangitikei county council, and represented Rangitikei in the Wellington Provincial Council (from 1865 till the abolition). He died on 24 Dec 1895.

Wellington P.C. Proc.; Cycl. N.Z., i (p); Rangitikei Advocate, 27, 28 Dec 1895.

Reference: Volume 2, page 46

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