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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. Benjamin W. Glass

Mr. Benjamin W. Glass, Engineer of the Belfast and Fairfield Freezing Works, was born in Kincardinshire, Scotland. He was educated in Arbroath, and afterwards served an apprenticeship with Messrs Napier and Sons, engineers and shipbuilders, Glasgow. Mr. Glass left Scotland and joined the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, in 1876, and was chief engineer of the s.s. “Te Anau” when he resigned his position to fulfil an engagement with the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company in 1887. The extension of the Company's plant, made necessary by the rapid growth in its business, has been carried out under the supervision of Mr. Glass, who has designed the additions made to the works within recent years. Mr. Glass page 419 took a prominent part in the formation of the Marine Engineers' Institute. He has been a member of the Belfast school committee, and secretary of the Public Library, and is attached to the Order of Freemasons, into which he was initiated at Onehunga in 1887.

Standish and Preece, photo. Mr. B. W. Glass.

Standish and Preece, photo.
Mr. B. W. Glass.