Mr. James Linster Passmore the Managing Director of Donaghy's page 363 Rope and Twine Company, Ltd., was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and arrived in New Zealand, with his brother, in 1873. Shortly afterwards he established rope works at Burnside, which were eventually destroyed by fire; and he then joined the Donaghy Company. Mr. Passmore's brothers, Messrs Morrison and Robert Passmore, manage the Auckland branch of the company's business.