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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Webberley, J. A. H.
Webberley, J. A. H., Bookseller, Tobacconist, etc., Raetihi. Born at Worthing, England, in 1870, and educated at Worthing and at Brighton, Mr. Webberley went to sea in one of the White Star liners, running between Liverpool and New York. He subsequently sailed under the flag of the Hill Line, and worked his way to New Zealand on the s.s. “Coptic,” which he left in Lyttelton, subsequently serving in the “Tekapo,” “Wairarapa,” “Taviuni,” and “Mahinapua.” In 1893, hearing of the far-famed Waimarino Country, Mr. Webberley made his way there, taking up a town section at Raetihi, upon which he has erected a substantial building, and fitted up one of Messrs. Wright, Ranish and Co.'s billiard tables. In another portion of the building Mr. Webberley carries on the business of bookseller, stationer, tobacconist, hairdresser, etc. He is a member of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, and of the Foresters' Court Lilly, West Sussex.
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Mr. J. A. H. Webberley.