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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. W. H. Saies

Mr. W. H. Saies, Sole Proprietor of the business, is a son of the late Mr. Robert Saies, formerly well known in commercial circles in South Wales. He was born in 1848, was privately educated, and began life as a clerk in the offices of Messrs. Clayton, Rooke and Co. Two years later he came to New Zealand per ship “Lancashire Witch,” landing at Auckland in 1865. After a short farming experience he obtained employment in the kauri timber industry, at which he continued for nearly six years, when he undertook the management of Mr. A. T. Knee's general store at Whangaroa. Three years later, when Mr. Knee sold out, Mr. Saies found employment at Totara with the late Mr. D. Sanderson, in whose employment he continued till he joined Mr. Molesworth in 1890. Mr. Saies was for over five years in the Whangaroa County Council, has been chairman of the Totara School Committee, and chairman of the Totara Road Board. He has filled various offices in Freemasonry, being attached to Lodge Zealandia. His favourite pastime is cricket. Mr. Saies married a daughter of Mr. Robert Bell, of Totara, and has one son.