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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. R. Curham

Mr. R. Curham , Manager and Secretary of the Port Chalmers Gas Works, was appointed to his present position in 1901. He is a native of Kildare, Ireland, served an apprenticeship to the drapery trade in the city of Dublin, left Ireland in 1863, and landed in New York; served as a volunteer in the Federal Army to the close of the Civil War; followed the sea as a profession till 1873; joined the staff of the South Melbourne Gas Company, and in 1874 came to New Zealand under engagement to assist in erecting the Hokitika gas works. In 1882 he gave up the management of those works upon being appointed manager of the Wanganui gas works, where he remained till he accepted his present appointment. Mr. Curham has occupied no public position beyond serving on the Wanganui school committee. He was a member of the Order of Druids in Melbourse. In 1885 he was married to a daughter of Captain Daniel Macfarlane, of Troon, Scotland, and has a family of three sons and three daughters.

Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo. Mr. B. Curham.

Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo.
Mr. B. Curham.