The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]
Mr. C. A. Seager
Mr. C. A. Seager, Manager of the Christchurch branch of Messrs Turnbull and Jones, is a native of Christchurch. He was apprenticed in the railway workshops, but having a natural bent for electrical engineering, he left the Government service, and for six years had charge of Messrs Bannatyne and Co.'s electric plant. In 1896 Mr. Seager exhibited at the Industrial Exhibition, electric lighting which was an object lesson to Christchurch, and demonstrated the great superiority of electricity as an illuminant. The business which Mr. Seager established was taken over by Messrs Turnbull and Jones, he taking the management of the Christchurch branch. The transmission of electrical power is now made use of in nearly all the large factories in Christchurch. and Mr. Seager personally supervises the erection of all plants.
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Mr. C. A. Seager.