Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. John Tucker Mew, R.N.R., Second Engineer of the s.s. “Rakaia,” was born at the Isle of Wight, in 1861. He served his apprenticeship with the Great Western Railway Company, Limited, after which he was with Mr. John Penn, of Greenwich, for two years. After serving under the flags of the Orient Company, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company, Mr. Mew joined the present Company in 1895 as third engineer of the s.s. “Tongariro.” Shortly afterwards he was promoted to his present position. As a Freemason he belongs to the Royal Albert Edward Lodge, No. 1362, Red Hill.