Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. John Currie, Engine-Driver on the Napier-Taranaki Section of New Zealand Government Railways, has had a long career in the service of the travelling public—in Scotland and in the Colony. Born in 1848 near Glasgow, he was for nine years on the page 1351 Caledonian Railway as cleaner, and as fireman on the Glasgow South Side Station. In 1879 Mr. Currie landed in Wellington, and at once went to Port Chalmers, entering the service in Otago as cleaner the same year. Three years later he was promoted to the position of fireman, and in 1890 he was transferred to Eastown, and became a driver in 1894. In 1872 Mr. Currie was married in Scotland to a daughter of Mr. A. W. Bushby, and has six sons and two daughters.