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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Augustus Boys

Mr. Augustus Boys was born in 1835 at New Cross, London, England, and after leaving school worked in the Ayr and Calder Bottle Company's Works in Thames Street. In 1853, he went to South Australia; visited the Coromandel rush in New South Wales; and after some time spent in Victoria, came to New Zealand in 1861. Mr. Boys then went to Waitahuna, and at the time of the Hartley and Riley rush he removed to the Dunstan. He was subsequently employed in the Macetown district, where he was connected with Maguire's water race. Since 1865. Mr. Boys has been a resident of the West Coast, and for many years was in business as a storekeeper and hotelkeeper at Blue Spur. He is proprietor of the Auckland Minerals Company, and a partner in the firm of J. Chesney and Company. In the early days Mr. Boys served on one of the local road boards. He has been twice married, and has, surviving, one daughter.