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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Body, Benjamin

Body, Benjamin, General Blacksmith, Implement Maker and Engineer, Coalgate. Mr. Body purchased his present business in 1887, and does a flourishing trade with the farmers in the district and with the run-holders to a distance of fifty miles. He was born in Devonshire, in 1858, and learned his trade in his native county. Mr. Body emigrated in the first instance to Victoria, where he passed ten years, and then crossed the Tasman Sea to New Zealand. He is a member of the Coalgate school committee, of the local sports committee, and of the Oddfellows and Druids. Mr. Body is married and has four sons and four daughters.