Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Councillor Cyril William Tanner is one of the representatives of the Thorndon Ward in the Wellington City Council. He was born in Wellington, and received his education at Christ's College, Christchurch. He was articled to Messrs. McDonald and Russell, solicitors, Invercargill, and completed his articles in 1880, being admitted a barrister and solicitor in the same year. Councillor Tanner was for very many years interested in the volunteer movement. He started as an artillery cadet in Invercargill, and worked his way through different corps to the post of lieutenant of artillery. He fills a great many social offices, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being counected with the Waterloo Lodge, and is an ex-member of the Court Sir George Grey, A.O.F. Mr. Tanner has taken a keen interest in sports and aquaties for many years. Councillor Tanner has also taken great interest in politics, but does not believe in party politics being introduced into the deliberations of the “city fathers,” contending that the business of the city should be conducted-purely on commercial principles, and he objects, too, to the representatives of the various wards competing against each other for the districts they represent, considering that they should strive to secure the good of the city as a whole, Councillor Tanner, in 1889, married Miss Ann Kebbell, daughter of the late Dr. Kebbell, of Wellington.

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