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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. John Taylor

Mr. John Taylor, Foreman of Works for the Auckland Harbour Board, has been in the service of the Board for about a quarter of a century. The son of Mr. J. Taylor, mechanical engineer, the subject of this notice was born in 1843 at Newcastle, New South Wales, where also he was educated and learnt the trade of a carpenter and joiner. He came to Auckland in 1863, and was engaged for five years in the building trade. In 1873 he joined the service of the Harbour Board as carpenter, and after seven years became Foreman of Works. Mr. Taylor is a Master Mason, his mother lodge being St. Andrews, No. 418, S.C. In Odd-fellowship, he is a member of Lodge Fountain of Friendship. Mr. Taylor was married in 1865 to a daughter of Mr. W. J. Wright, of Auckland, and has four sons and four daughters.