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

Mr. Arthur Brockett Gibson

Mr. Arthur Brockett Gibson was appointed manager of the Mutual Life Association at Napier for the Hawke's Bay and Gisborne districts, in October, 1895. He was born at Darlington, Durham, England, in the year 1867, and is a son of the late Mr. J. J. Gibson, of Messrs Gibson Brothers, merchants, of Leadenhall Street, Darlington. Mr. Gibson was educated partly at the Darlington Grammar school, came to New Zealand in 1880, in the ship “Wairoa, and finished his education at the Port Ahuriri district school. He then joined the Government Life Insurance office at Napier, and nine years later, having in the meantime gained a good insight into the business of life insurance, accepted an appointment as agent for the Colonial Mutual Life Office. Two years later he was appointed resident agent at Palmerston North for the Mutual Life Association of Australasia, before receiving his present appointment. As a Freemason Mr. Gibson is treasurer of Lodge Victoria, No. 21, N.Z.C., is senior circuit steward of the Wesleyan Church, and treasurer to the trustees. He has also been a member of the Licensing Committee. Mr. Gibson married the eldest daughter of the late Mr. James Robinson, contractor, of Dunedin and Port Chalmers, in 1896, and has two daughters and one son.