Cochranes Livery and Bait Stables, Reefton, date unknown.

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Between Stanley Austins Blacksmith Shop and Police Station on corner.
Dawsons Hotel on right.
Reservoir excavations on the hill.

Wayne Murtha found this -
COCHRANE, WILLIAM, Livery Stablekeeper and Coach Proprietor, Broadway, Reefton. Private residence, Broadway. The commodious stables owned by Mr. Cochrane were completed in the year 1904, and are built on a freehold section, which measures sixty-six feet by ninety-nine feet. The stables contain twelve stalls and nine loose boxes, and there is also standing-room for vehicles. Mr. Cochrane has a large number of vehicles, including eight sulkies and gigs, two double buggies, eight waggonettes, two expresses, and three drags, and he employs from twelve to twenty-two horses in the summer, and from ten to twelve in the winter season. He also runs a line of coaches between Reefton and the railway station, which meet every train, and undertake special trips, as required, to Nelson and Westport. Mr. Cochrane was born in November, 1854, in Victoria, Australia, and landed in Port Chalmers in January, 1862. He had various experiences of packing and country life, and was for about sixteen years employed in the sawmilling industry, in the Grey Valley. Mr. Cochrane removed to Reefton, in the year 1887, and established himself in his present business. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge, and a member of the Order of Oddfellows in Reefton. Mr. Cochrane married a daughter of the late Mr. Frederick McFarlane, of Feilding. in February, 1884, and has, surviving, three sons and one daughter.Map^[1]ContributorBlacks Point Museum

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Cochranes Livery and Bait Stables, Reefton, date unknown.

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