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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. George Ellis

Mr. George Ellis, Head of the Wool Department of the Belfast Freezing Works, was born in Christchurch, and educated there at Mr. Gee's grammar school. He acquired a knowledge of wool classing with his father. Mr. Arthur Ellis, an old Crimean veteran, who now resides in Park Road, Addington Subsequently he worked at his trade in various parts of Canterbury. He received his present appointment in 1892, and now supervises the whole of the wool works at Belfast. Mr. Ellis takes an active interest in local affairs. He has been chairman of the Belfast school committee for the past five years, and has been one of its members since 1893. Mr. Ellis became a Freemason in Lodge Concord, Papanui, in 1895. He is married, and has a family of three sons and one daughter.