Other formats

    TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Cammell, George Samuel

Cammell, George Samuel, Receiving and Forwarding Agent and Carrier, Auckland. page 419 Office, Queen Street Wharf; private residence, Paget Street, Ponsonby. Telephone 272. Bankers, National Bank of New Zealand. The proprietor of this business belongs to the men who, by steady and persistent industry, trading capacity, and thrift, have helped to make the Colonies what they are. He has been connected with the business for thirty-eight years, and was well trained as a very young man by the late Messrs H. J. Wadham and Robert Pollock. Mr. Wadham was the first person in Auckland to start as a receiving and forwarding agent, and Mr. Robert Pollock was well-known as a large carrier in those days, and with both Mr. Cammell filled the position of clerk and foreman at successive periods. After Mr. Pollock's death Mr. Cammell took over his business, and for a time was in partnership with Mr. James Ballentine, Mr. Pollock's son-in-law, and next with Captain Nearing, as receiving and forwarding agents and carriers. After the dissolution of these partnerships he began business on his own account, as a receiving and forwarding agent and carrier, and has conducted it with much success for many years. Mr. Cammell has a large connection, and in the course of each year he handles thousands of tons of goods from every part of the globe. He is, however, prepared to do even a larger trade, and will receive and forward goods from or to any part of the Colony or abroad. Mr. Cammell is a native of England, and arrived in New Zealand in 1854.