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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Moody, William James , Fish and Oyster dealer, Gore Street, Bluff. This business was established about twenty years ago. Mr Moody was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1858. When a lad he went to sea, and in 1872 became captain of a vessel engaged in the English coastal trade. Mr Moody came to New Zealand by the ship “Dunedin “in 1873, and shortly afterwards went to Stewart Island, where he was in the fish trade for nine years. In 1884 he engaged in the wholesale and retail fish and oyster trade at the Bluff, where he erected a curing-shed and two smoke houses. He is a large buyer of fish, and is the owner of the ketch “Tui,” which he employs in fishing. Mr Moody was married, in 1888, to a daughter of the late Mr Richard Price, of Herefordshire, England, and has one son.