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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Mr. James Cunningham Holliday, Chief Clerk of the Wellington Branch of the Union Steam Ship Company, is the only son of Captain Holliday, the well-known harbour master at Port Nicholson. Born in 1862 in Wellington and educated at the Old College, which was the foundation of the present Wellington College, Mr. Holliday entered the local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company in the early part of 1879, remaining till the close of 1883. In the following year he joined the staff of the Union Steam Ship Company as clerk, and has passed through most grades of the service in the office. In 1893 he was promoted to the position of chief clerk. Mr. Holliday has taken considerable interest in local pastimes, such as football, rowing and yachting, in all of which he has found enjoyment and recreation.