SMITH, JOHN (1836-97) was born at Grantown, Scotland, emigrated to Victoria in the late fifties, and to Otago at the time of the Dunstan rush (1862). After participating in the excitement of the diggings, he carried on a business at Waikouaiti as watchmaker and jeweller until the inauguration of the Waikouaiti county council, of which he became clerk. He was four times mayor of Hawksbury and represented Waikouaiti in the Otago Provincial Council (1871-73). He died on 9 Jul 1897.

Otago Daily Times, 3 Aug 1897.

Reference: Volume 2, page 159

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