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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Chittenden, Jesse, Butcher, Hutt Road, Kaiwarra. Bankers, National Bank of New Zealand. This business was established some twenty years ago, and has been conducted by the present proprietor since 1893. Mr. Chittenden was born at Tunbridge. Kent, England, and came to New Zealand per ship “Eastern Monarch” in 1874, landing in Lyttelton. After six years in Christchurch, he went for a trip to his native land, remaining about nine months. On his way back to the Colony, Mr. Chittenden visited South Africa, where he stayed for three years. In 1884, he settled in Wellington, and two years later commenced - business in Johnsonville as a butcher, purchasing the business in Kaiwarra as above.