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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Tucker, Charles H., and Co

Tucker, Charles H., and Co. (Charles Henry Tucker and Thomas Alfred Maitland), General Merchants, 22 Vogel Street, Dunedin. Telephone, 195. P.O. Box, 148. Bankers, National Bank of New Zealand. Private residences: Mr. Tucker, 96 High Street; Mr. Maitland, 342 George Street. This business was established over thirty years ago by Messrs Hogg, Howison and Co., who were succeeded by the present firm early in 1894. Messrs Tucker and Co. are importers of general merchandise, but their special lines are teas, which they blend and pack in tins and lead; the principal brands are “May Flower” and “Babu.” They are sole agents in New Zealand for “Old Sport” tobacco, their trade extending from Auckland to the Bluff. Mr. Tucker was born in 1859 in London, where he was educated, brought up to mercantile life, and was subsequently in business as a merchant, as a partner in the firm of Messrs. R. Burrow and Co. Arriving in New Zealand in the “Aorangi” in 1885, he became accountant to Messrs. Hogg, Howison and Co., and, on the liquidation of that firm, became the purchaser. Mr. Maitland, who was born in Glasgow in 1859, was educated at Ibrox Academy, and was subsequently put to the sewed muslin trade. After various London and Glasgow experiences in business circles, he came out to New Zealand in 1886, and shortly afterwards joined Messrs Hogg, Howison and Co., as traveller; and after being so engaged for seven years, he joined Mr. Tucker in establishing the present business.