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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Morris, Thomas Henry Winwood

Morris, Thomas Henry Winwood, General Storekeeper and Produce Merchant, Importer of Groceries, Drapery, Iron, China, and Glassware, Whananaki. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand, Auckland. The business, originally established by Messrs. Johnson and Galbraith in 1883, was taken over by Mr. Morris in 1890 and is conducted in premises situated on the southern side of Whananaki harbour — the Kauri Timber Company's old position. Heavy stocks of general merchandise and seasonable goods are always kept in hand. Mr. Morris was born in Colombo, Ceylon, in 1831. Proceeding to England he was in the shipping trade in Gloucester, and subsequently served sixteen years with the Midland Railway Company and Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, the great railway agents and carriers, being stationed at Gloucester and Birmingham. Mr. Morris landed in Auckland per ship “William Miles” in 1862, and followed the occupation of a carpenter; afterwards, he kept a store at Hamilton during the Waikato War for ten years and afterwards followed various pursuits, such as farming, etc., for some eight or nine years before finally settling down in Whananaki. Mr. Morris is chairman of the school committee, domain, and cemetery boards, and takes an active part in general politics, calling himself a “true Liberal.” In company with two others he founded the Hamilton school before the Education Act came into force. He is married to a daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Page, steel-toy manufacturer, Birmingham