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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Mr. Peter Thomas Jones Parfitt
Mr. Peter Thomas Jones Parfitt, Manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Wellington, has been an officer of that great institution for over thirty years. He is a son of Captain William Parfitt-for many years a well-known commander in the employ of the P. and O.S.N. Company, but now resident in London. Mr. Parfitt was born in Sydney in 1847, and was educated principally in Germany. He entered the service of the Bank of New Zealand in London in 1865, and two years later came out to the head office of the Bank at Auckland. He was transferred to the Melbourne branch in 1872, as accountant. In 1883 Mr. Parfitt was appointed manager of the branch at Fiji, where he continued three years. He obtained leave of absence to visit England during the year 1887, and on his return to the colonies in the following year, he became manager of the Adelaide branch of the Bank. Mr. Parfitt came to Wellington in 1889 as manager of the branch, a position which he still retains. He was married in 1882 to the second daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Perkins Lord, of Melbourne, and has two daughters, both born in Wellington. (Since the above was in type, Mr. Parfitt has been transferred as inspector of the Bank in Australia, and manager of the Sydney branch.)