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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Prosser, Thomas

Prosser, Thomas, Boot Importer and Manufacturer, Newton Boot Warehouse, Karangahape Road, Auckland. Telephone 579. bankers, Bank of New Zealand. This business was first established in Queen Street in 1865 by the late Mr. Thomas Prosser, who was born at Peterchurch, Hereford, England, in 1826, and was the only son of Mr. Thomas Prosser, farmer. He learned his trade in Dorlstone, and afterwards carried on business in the same town. Mr. Prosser came to Auckland by the ship “Ernestina,' (Captain Pilling). He met his death through a bicycle accident, which occurred on the 14th of May, 1901.