Mr. Robert George Bramley, Bush Manager for Messrs. E. Mitchelson and Co., was born in Cumberland, England, in 1856, and came to New Zealand with his parents per ship “Tornado” in 1859. The family removed to Whangaroa, where Mr. Bramley resided for many years. Probably few men have had such experience of the kauri timber industry as Mr. Bramley, who has been a successful bush contractor, and in 1889 was appointed by the Kauri Timber Company, bush inspector for the whole of its bush work in the Auckland province. He retired from the company's service through illness in 1897, and after a short residence in the city of Auckland entered the employment of the Hon. E. Mitchelson as bush manager. Mr. Bramley was twice elected a member of the Whangaroa County Council, sat on the district licensing committee for two terms, and is a Mason of many years' standing.