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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. Robert Betts Peat

Mr. Robert Betts Peat, Stationmaster in charge of the Kawakawa-Opua section of the New Zealand Railways, received his present appointment in 1879. He was born in Bombay in 1859, was educated at Margate, England, and came to New Zealand per ship “Tiburnia,” landing at Auckland in 1863. He was engaged in storekeeping at Whangamata for three years and spent a like term surveying in the Napier, Wellington and Pahiatua districts, and subsequently in the Waikato under Mr. Lawrence Cussen, the well-known Government surveyor. He joined the railway department in 1878 and was first stationmaster at Ohaupo, was then transferred to Penrose, and was over eight years at Frankton Junction, when he received his present appointment. Owing to irregular hours he is prevented taking any active part in public affairs, but is associated with the Masonic Order. Mr. Peat is married to a daughter of the late Mr. John Bishop, of Titirangi, Auckland.