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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Dentistry

Dentistry.

Coulson, Herbert Maxton, Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist, Hamilton Street. Hokitika. This practice was established in the year 1900 by Mr. McBrearty, of Greymouth, and was acquired by Mr. Coulson in 1903. The premises consist of ground floor rooms, in the Masonic Hall building; the surgery is fitted with every necessary appliance, and there is a commodious work room, and waiting room. Mr. Coulson was born in the year 1879, in London, England, came to New Zealand with his father, Captain Coulson, by the ship “Lord of the Isles,” and arrived in Wellington in 1887. He was educated in Dunedin, removed to the West Coast in 1895, and studied for his profession in Greymouth and Hokitika. Mr. Coulson is a member of the local cricket and swimming club, and is captain of the hockey club. He married a daughter of the late Mr. Richard Watkins, of Timaru, in the year 1904.

Renton, William James, Surgeon and Mechanical Dentist, Hamilton Street, Hokitika. Bankers, National Bank of New Zealand. This practice was established by Mr. Renton in the year 1897. The surgery is well appointed and fitted up with the most modern appliances. Mr. Renton is a son of Mr. James Renton, one of the oldest settlers of the West Coast, and was born in Hokitika in 1873. He studied for his profession in Christchurch, under Mr. F. W. Thompson, passed his examinations at Dunedin, and proceeded afterwards to London, where he obtained valuable experience. Mr. Renton returned to New Zealand in 1897, and commenced practice in Hokitika.