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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Mr. Nicol McNicol

Mr. Nicol McNicol, Superintending Steward and Stores Superintendent of the Union Steam Ship Company at Wellington, has been an officer of this large Company for about twenty years. Mr. Nicol McNicol Born in 1852 at Glasgow, where he was educated, at the age of about eighteen he went to sea and for about seven years was employed on the Anchor and State (New York lines) and the Allen Line (Canadian Mail). Joining the Union Steam Ship Company's staff in June, 1876, as chief steward of the s.s. “Wakatipu,” then in the Clyde, he came out to the Colony in that vessel. Three times since arriving in New Zealand, viz., 1879, 1881 and 1885, Mr. McNicol has been sent to the “Old Land” to supervise the furnishing of the Company's new steamers, including the “Rotomahana,” “Manapouri,” “Mahinapua,” “Wairarapa” and “Mararoa.” In 1882 he was appointed superintending steward at the head office of the Company in Dunedin, being transferred to his present office in Wellington not long afterwards. Mr. McNicol has filled the duties of his position at Wellington continuously since his return to the Colony by the s.s. “Mararoa” in 1886.