The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Commercial Traveller — Cole, Herbert Sidney
Commercial Traveller.
Cole, Herbert Sidney , Commercial Traveller, Oamaru. Mr. Cole was born in 1861, in Melbourne. Victoria, where he was educated and brought up to the soft goods trade. He was for fourteen years in the service of Messrs L. Stevenson and Son, warehousemen, of Melbourne, and represented Messrs Bing, Harris and Co., in their mercery and hosiery department in Dunedin, where he had charge for nine years. In 1901 Mr. Cole was transferred to Oamaru, as travelling representative of the firm between Waikouaiti and Timaru. He is fond of bowling as a recreation, and is a member of the Phoenix Club. Mr. Cole was married, in 1887, to a daughter of the late Mr. Payne, of Caulfield, Victoria, and has three danghters.