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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Boyd, T., And Son

Boyd, T., And Son (Thomas Boyd and John Boyd), Cycle Manufacturers, Boyd's Cycle Works, Gloucester Street West. Christchurch. Established in 1878 by the present proprietors. Mr. Boyd, senior, arrived in New Zealand in 1864, and has spent the greater part of the intervening time in Canterbury. For some years he followed the blacksmith and engineering trade, but in 1878 started in business in Rangiora as a general machinist. Soon afterwards he added cycle manufacturing, and claims to have been the first bicycle-maker in the Colony. One of the first machines he turned out is still in use in Rangiora. The firm manufactures on the premises every cycle appliance that can be colonially produced with economy. Its special make is the “Boyd,” late “Atalanta.”