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

Life

page 86

Life.

The Australian Mutual Provident Society opened its branch in New Plymouth in March, 1905. The district governed from this office is bounded on the north by the Kawhia, on the south by the county of Patea, and stretches eastward as far as the Wanganui river. Formerly, it was a portion of the Wanganui district. The office in Brougham Street contains public and private rooms, and there are three agents regularly canvausing in Taranaki.

Mr. Charles Albert Benbow was appointed District Secretary of the New Plymouth branch of the Australian Mutual Provident Society in 1905. He was born in Birmingham, England, in the year 1870, and is the only son of Mr. C. H. Benbow, for many years manager for the South British Insurance Company in Wellington. Mr. Benbow came to New Zealand with his father in June, 1875, and was educated at Wellington College. After serving seven months in the National Fire Office, in Wellington, he joined the staff of the Australian Mutual Provident Society on the 7th of November, 1887. As a cricketer, Mr. Benbow played in senior matches from 1886 to 1902 in Wellington, and was a member of the teams playing against one of the Australian teams which visited England, Melbourne and New South Wales, and has played also in local representative matches. In March, 1902, Mr. Benbow married a daughter of the late Mr. George Baynes Birch, of Wellington, and has one daughter.