The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]
Mr. Soloman Smart
Mr. Soloman Smart, Manager of the Redcliff Creamery, was born in Gloucestershire, England. He came to Lyttelton in 1883 by the ship “Taranaki,” and settled in the Waitaki district. For a number of years he was in business as a storekeeper at Glenavy, and has had charge of the creamery since its formation. Mr. Smart was married, in 1873, to a daughter of Mr. J. Leverton, of Cornwall, England, and has a surviving family of one son and three daughters.