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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]

Mr. Neil K. MacDiarmid

Mr. Neil K. MacDiarmid, Manager of the Bank of New South Wales, was born in New South Wales, and joined the bank's service in the year 1871, at Sydney. After serving in several of the bank's branches in that colony, he was sent to New Zealand, and appointed to the Napier branch, which he managed for three years. Mr. MacDiarmid then received his present appointment at New Plymouth, where he has worked up a good business. He takes a keen interest in local matters, to which he devotes a considerable page 84 portion of his time. He has been a member of the New Plymouth High School Board of Governors since 1891, and its chairman since 1900. Mr. MacDiarmid is a Freemason, and was Past Master for six years in New South Wales. In 1875, he married a daughter of the late Mr. Richard Johnson, of Sydney, and has five sons and two daughters.

Mr. N. K. MacDiarmid. Collis, photo.

Mr. N. K. MacDiarmid. Collis, photo.