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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]

Mr. George Cliff

Mr. George Cliff was born in Derbyshire, England. He arrived in New Zealand at the age of nineteen, and landed at Wellington, where he worked at the erection of the present Government Buildings in that city. Some time afterwards he went to the Australian goldfields, but, being dissatisfied with his luck there, returned to New Zealand, and was engaged in the building trade in Christchurch for several years. Thence he went to Timaru, where he successfully carried on flourmilling. Mr. Cliff became very popular there, and was Mayor of Timaru for five years. In 1883 he established the Excelsior Timber Yards and Joinery Works in Devon and Gill Streets, New Plymouth, and carried out some large contracts, such as the courthouse, the Central School, and Avery's fine block of buildings in the centre of the town. Mr. Cliff, who is married and has eight children, has now (1906) retired from business.