Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. George Manson, the Postmaster at Pipiriki, was born on the banks of the river at Ranana in 1868, and was educated in Wanganui. He was appointed postmaster at Pipiriki in 1889, and besides this he fills the offices of collector of census and agricultural statistics, and acts as returning officer for Native elections. As a jockey, when a lighter man, he had few equals, and many were the hurdle-races and steeplechases won by him in his younger days. He was also well known in athletic circles in Wanganui. Mr. Manson has a large tract of country over which to send his mails, and in winter the delivery of letters, etc., is no easy task, owing to the terrible state of the roads. He is married, and has two sons.