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

Builder And Contractor — Bell, Thomas,

Builder And Contractor.

Bell, Thomas, Builder and Contractor, Greymouth. This business was established by Mr. Bell in the year 1900. Since that time he has carried out contracts for important public buildings, as well as a large number of cottages in various parts of the town and suburbs. Messrs Thomas and McBeath's brick building, which faces Herbert Street, the Greymouth Town Hall, and the new spire of the Roman Catholic church were constructed by Mr. Bell. In connection with his various contracts, Mr. Bell often employs twenty persons. He was born in Northumberland, England, on the 13th of April, 1859, educated at Sunderland, and when only eleven years of age, commenced his first experience of carpentry. He arrived in New Zealand on the 5th of November, 1879, and landed at Lyttelton, where he continued until the year 1887. After being for a short time employed in farming in North Canterbury, Mr. Bell removed to the West Coast, and settled in Greymouth, where he found employment at his trade until he established his present business. He married a daughter of the late Mr. A. W. Millar, of Rangiora, in 1885, and has, surviving, one son and two daughters.