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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Captain George A. Simpson
Captain George A. Simpson, of the s.s. “Manaia,” Red Cross Line, was born at Nelson, in 1861. After leaving school, he was for a time employed in mercantile life. In 1877 he went to sea in the ship “Peri,” as an ordinary seaman, sailing to San Francisco, and thence to England. He returned to Nelson in the barque “Irvine,” and was employed in the coasting trade for some twelve months. After five years' experience on the goldfields in New Zealand, at Kimberley (Western Australia), and at Croydon (Queensland), he returned to his former occupation. In 1888, he became mate of the s.s. “Aorere,” of the Anchor Line. Eighteen months later, he accepted the position of second mate of the s.s. “Murray,” which he resigned, in 1892, to take command of the s.s. “Manaia.”