The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Mr. Charles Henry Hills
Mr. Charles Henry Hills, the Stationmaster of the Shannon Railway Station, was born in 1854 in London, where he was educated. After five years at sea, he came to New Zealand, and followed various pursuits till 1884, when he joined the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company at Wellington, and acted as stationmaster respectively at Johnsonville, Paremata, and Paikakariki, taking charge of Shannon Station in 1893.