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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. James Carlile Whiteman

Mr. James Carlile Whiteman , the Dunedin Manager, was born in 1869, near Napier, Hawke's Bay, where his father was a runholder. He spent several years at Wanganui College, and then went Home to complete his education at the Millhead school, North London. His first commercial appointment was that of head shipping clerk in the firm of Messrs Archibald Currie and Company, of Melbourne, proprietors of the Indian and Australian line of steamships. After holding that position for six years, he took a trip round the world, and later on spent four or five years in sheepfarming with his father at Wanganui. Mr. Whiteman entered the firm of Henry Markwald in 1899, and was engaged for the first six months in auditing the books at the various branches. He was then appointed town traveller for the firm in Melbourne, and in November, 1900, was promoted to his present responsible position. He was the promoter of (and is at present —1904—one of the principal shareholders in) the New Zealand Acetylene Gas Lighting Company, the Taipo Explosive Syndicate of New Zealand, Limited, the Victorian Explosive Syndicate, and the Military and Naval High Explosive Company of New Zealand; and he is also connected with other commercial ventures in Dunedin. Mr. Whiteman was married, in 1893, to Miss Thompson, of Folkstone, near Dover, England, and has one daughter. His private residence is prettily situated at the northern end of the town, and was well known as the home of the late Mr. Justice Chapman.