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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

The Union Bank Of Australia. Ltd.

The Union Bank Of Australia. Ltd., Auckland. The Auckland branch of the Union Bank of Australia, Ltd., was opened in 1848, when a very unpretentious building was erected in Princes Street, upon a site nearly opposite the present Museum. The business of the branch was subsequently removed to Shortland Street, and, finally, the present handsome building was erected at the corner of Queen Street and Victoria Street West. The first manager was Mr. Alexander Kennedy, who afterwards joined the service of the Bank of New Zealand about 1860, as its Auckland manager. He was succeeded by Mr. John Simpson, who has been followed by Messrs Pounds, Grierson, Thomson, and the present manager, Mr. W. E. Woodward, who took charge in 1898. The first local directors were Dr. John Logan Campbell and Mr. J. J. Greenwood. Dr. Campbell was offered the appointment on the 11th of October, 1847, by the then acting-inspector of the Bank at Sydney, and retained the position until he resigned on the foundation of the Bank of New Zealand, of which he was one of the first directors.