CULLING, THOMAS (1832-1901) was born in England and brought up to the printing trade. He came to Otago in the Ajax (1849) and was employed successively on the Otago News to Dec 1850, on the Lyttelton Times (1851-54), the Otago Witness and The Colonist, eventually retiring to go on the land in Taieri. He was chairman of the East Taieri road board, contested two provincial council elections and one parliamentary election. He then joined Coull brothers as printers and papermakers and eventually bought the Mataura paper mills. Culling was chairman of the Mataura town board for four years and first mayor. He died on 23 Mar 1901.

Otago Daily Times, 25 Mar 1901

Reference: Volume 1, page 110

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