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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Mr. Richard W. Gibbs

Mr. Richard W. Gibbs, Accountant at the head office of the Bank of New Zealand, was born in London in 1860. Educated at Kensington Grammar School, he came to the Colony with his mother and brothers in 1877 by ship “Queen Bee,” which was wrecked at Farewell Spit. The passengers and crew with the exception of the carpenter, who lost his life, were rescued, and reached Nelson after considerable privations. Mr. Gibbs entered the service of the Bank of New Zealand almost immediately as a junior in Nelson. He has risen rapidly, having successively occupied the positions of agent, accountant in charge of branch accounts at head office, and assistant accountant. In January, 1895, Mr. Gibbs became acting accountant at the head office, which appointment was afterwards confirmed. In 1885 he was married to a daughter of Mr. Thomas Raine, late New Zealand representative of the well-known firm of James McEwan and Co., of Melbourne, and has three daughters. Mr. Gibbs has four brothers, two of whom have taken prominent positions in the Colony—Mr. F. G. Gibbs, M.A., as head master of the Central School, Nelson, and Dr. Gibbs, who is in practice as a medical man in the same place. The other brothers are at present (1895) studying medicine in the city of Edinburgh.