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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Murray, Roberts, and Co

Murray, Roberts, and Co. (John Roberts, C.M.G., and A. H. Miles, resident partners for New Zealand), Wool Merchants, Stock and Station Agents, General Importers and Indenters, Featherston Street, Wellington, at Liverpool Street, Dunedin, and at Napier. Cable address, “Pinfire, Wellington,” ABC Code, 4th ed. and A1 Code. London House, Sanderson, Murray and Co., 2 Gresham Buildings, Basinghall Street, E.C.; Melbourne and Sydney houses, John Sanderson and Co. The well-known New Zealand firm of Murray, Roberts and Co. is an offshoot of the old-established house of Sanderson, Murray and Company, London. The colonial house of John Sanderson and Co. was established in Melbourne and Sydney in the early sixties. The New Zealand managing partner, Mr. John Roberts, who was born at Selkirk, Scotland, and educated at Edinburgh and Cheltenham, came over from Melbourne to Dunedin in 1868 to establish the business. The Wellington House was established in 1875, and that at Napier shortly after. The operations of the firm are co-extensive with the Colony; they make advances to the farmers and graziers, on stock, etc., supply seeds and general merchandise to their customers, and ship wool, grain, frozen mutton, sheepskins, and other produce to London for realisation. The volume of business which Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co. transact annually is most extensive, and their London House ranks as the third largest importer of wool in the United Kingdom. The Wellington firm are agents for the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company of London and Edinburgh; the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company, Limited, of London and Liverpool; for Cooper's poisonous sheep dip, and Little's non poisonous fluid dip; for Marshall and Son's and R. Hornby and Son's implements and machinery, and for the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Shipping Company. The handsome three-storied building occupied as office and store in Featherston Street was erected for the firm, and contains about 30,000 feet of floorage space. The two-storied iron store in Johnston Street affords some 4000 feet extra accommodation.