The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Mr. Charles H. Kemp
Mr. Charles H. Kemp, Storekeeper of the s.s. “Tainui,” was born at Clifton, Gloucestershire, England, in 1868. Educated in Somersetshire, he went to sea in vessels of the Red Cross line, of New York, for two years. Mr. Kemp was then in the service of the National Company, and in 1889 he joined the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, serving on the s.s. “Arawa” for six years. He was appointed to the office he now fills in 1895.