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. James Crawford, Chief Refrigerator of the s.s. “Aotea,” was born at Port Glasgow, Scotland, in 1845. His experience in his department has extended over many years. Mr. Crawford was for six years with the Donald Currie's Cape Mail Company, and joined the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company as chief refrigerator of the ship “Wellington”—one of the first ships of the Company to carry frozen meat, and one of the most successful. He filled this position for ten years, when he was sent to superintend the erection of the refrigerating machinery of the s.s. “Aotea,” then being built. Mr. Crawford is married, and has two sons and two daughters. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to the Goven Dale Lodge, No. 437, S.C., and is also a member of the Royal Arch Mariners of Lyttlelton.