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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Charles Mundy Hinde
Mr. Charles Mundy Hinde , who acts as Postmaster at Brown's, is managing partner in the firm of Hinde and Co. (C. M. Hinde and John Reynolds). He was born at Leeds, England, in 1853, and educated at Christ's College and Birkenhead College. After leaving school, he entered the service of a large firm of cotton dealers, for whom he was salesman for some time before coming to New Zealand in 1879. Mr Hinde was employed as a book-keeper at Port Chalmers for a time. He started his business at Brown's in 1896, with Mr Reynolds. For some time before leaving home, Mr Hinde was an enthusiastic member of the Cheshire county cricket team, and he was also a fives and football player, and an amateur runner.