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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

King, Thomas

King, Thomas, Baker and Confectioner, 84 Ponsonby Road, Auckland. Mr. King was born and educated in Somersetshire, England, where his family conducted a flour mill for over thirty years. In 1865 he came to this Colony with his father, in the ship “Rob Roy.” He was for some time engaged in farming in the Walkumete and Waikato districts, and was ultimately apprenticed to the bakery trade for five year with Mr. David Grubb. On the expiration of his term he visited Australia, and was in the employment of several teading Melbourne bakers. He roturned to Áuckland in 1877, and was foreman for Mr. Hall, of Otahuhn, for six years, and, in 1884, he purchased
Hanna, photo. Mr. T. King.

Hanna, photo. Mr. T. King.

page 325 the old established business of Messrs Easdown and Co., Queen Street. Mr. King afterwards removed to his present address, where he has established a good, sound business, his motto being “the best is always the cheapest.” The factory and bakehouse are situated in Lincoln Street, and are equipped with all the latest improvements. Several hands are employed, and three carts are constantly engaged in delivering bread in the city and suburbs. Mr. King is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and an adherent of the Church of England. He is ever ready to help deserving cases of poverty or distress of any kind, and his charitable and kindly disposition has won him many friends.