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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. James Goss

Mr. James Goss was for six years a Member of the Christchurch City Council, which he entered in 1870. He was born in London, where he was brought up to the building trade, and where his father was a builder. Mr. Goss landed in New Zealand in 1858, and in the following year established himself in business as a builder in Christchurch, and carried on successfully as such till 1868. Mr. Goss then became a timber merchant, and soon after established a sawmill, where he carried on a large and important trade, including builders' ironmongery, and a joinery factory for the supply of the trade. He died in Christchurch on the 17th of May, 1901.