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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. Waymouth

Mr. Waymouth was born in Auckland in 1863, and is the youngest son of the late Mr. John Waymouth, once well-known and highly respected as an accountant. Mr. Waymouth was educated at the Auckland College and Grammar School, and spent two years in the employment of the South British Insurance Company, and subsequently joined his father as junior partner of the firm of Waymouth and Son. Since the death of Mr. Waymouth, senior, in December, 1892, Mr. O. B. Waymouth has successfully carried on the business, and has been favoured with his share of the general prosperity which has recently fallen to the lot of Auckland. Mr. Waymouth was one of the first members of the New Zealand Institute of Accountants, from which he has since, for private reasons, withdrawn. He is the local secretary of the Northern Union Steamboat Company, of which he became a director in 1897. Mr. Waymouth has acted as judge at the local regattas. His own yachts have been prize-winners, and on one occasion he won the championship prize of the New Zealand Yacht Racing Association, Wellington. He is a Freemason, and is well-known in cricket circles as a member of the West End Cricket Club, in which, for one sea-son, he obtained the best bowling average. Mr. Waymouth is married to a daughter of Mr. Charles E. Nelson, Whakarewarewa, and Las a family of five.

Hanna, photo. Mr. O. B. Waymouth.

Hanna, photo. Mr. O. B. Waymouth.