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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Halliwell Bros

Halliwell Bros. (George Edwin Halliwell, Frederick Halliwell, and Herbert Halliwell), Butchers, Kohukohu. Branch at Rawene. This firm's business was established in 1882 by the late Mr. G. Halliwell, father of the present partners, and taken over by them in 1893. Their trade extends throughout the whole of the Hokianga district, live stock is bought chiefly in Bay of Islands County, grazed on Messrs. Halliwell Bros,' property of 250 acres at Kohukohu, and slaughtered as required. The firm do the entire trade of Kohukohu and Rawene, and ship meat weekly to Hokianga Heads and Mangamuka. Their slaughter-yards, situated at Bankfield, are of modern construction and thoroughly up-to-date. Mr. George Edwin Halliwell, the senior partner, was born in Halifax, England, in 1870, and came with his parents to New Zealand, landing at Auckland, per ship “Orari,” in 1877. Some few years of his life were spent in that city, after which he assisted his father in conducting the butchery he had established at Kohukohu. On his father's decrease, the business was taken over by him and his two brothers.

Mr. G. E. Halliwell.

Mr. G. E. Halliwell.