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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. Robert Ernest Lester

Mr. Robert Ernest Lester, the Managing Partner at Kohukohu, was born in Leicester, England, in 1856, and is a son of Mr. Robert Lester, of Mount Roskill, Auckland. After carrying on farming pursuits in the Port Albert district for ten years, Mr. Lester returned to Auckland, where he began commercial life establishing himself in business as a grocer in Karangahape Road. Subsequent to making a travelling engagement in Australia, Mr. Lester started the store at Kohukohu for the Kauri Timber Company, but left the company shortly afterwards to manage a store for Mr. S. H. Godden. Eighteen page 622 months later, Mr. Lester conjointly with his brother, established the present firm of Lester Bros. His favourite pastime is orchard work. In 1900 he built a large sanatorium of sixteen rooms at Kohukoha, and laid out five acres in a vinery and orchard. He now conducts this property conjointly with his business. Mr. Lester is married to a daughter of Mr. M. Scott, of Manurewa, and has two daughters.