Pioneer Mataura settler dies

Death has claimed another of the old pioneer settlers of Mataura district, in the person of Mr Alfred Quertier, who died at his residence, Guernsey Park, Mataura (says the Mataura Ensign). The late Mr Quertier was born in Guernsey in 1840, and educated at a private school of the Society of Friends at Oxford. He learned farming in England, and came out with the first Guernsey cattle imported to New Zealand in 1860, on the ship Kinnaird. The deceased bought a team and started carting to the diggings, and was one of the first to take a team to the Dunstan. It was loaded with flour, which was sold at £200 per ton. In 1863 he bought a farm in the Clutha district, which he held for 18 years. He then moved to the Otaraia district where he purchased Sunnyside farm of 700 acres, now held by one of his sons. Oaklands, the property of the Hon G. F. Richardson, was leased by Mr

Quertier for seven years. In 1897 the deceased purchased Guernsey Park. He was the possessor of a fine Jersey herd of cattle with which for a number of years he secured over 60 prizes, principally at Dunedin and

Invercargill. Deceased is survived by three sons and one daughter. — ODT, 29.10.1920.

COPIES OF PICTURE AVAILABLE FROM ODT FRONT OFFICE, LOWER STUART ST, OR WWW.OTAGOIMAGES.CO.NZ A group of harriers who took part in the 3mile race at Carisbrook on a recent Saturday, with winner J.T. Erridge, of Port Chalmers (No 86, seated centre and pictured at right). — Otago Witness, 12.10.1920.