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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Mr. Thomas Hutchinson Hamer

Mr. Thomas Hutchinson Hamer, Private Secretary to the Premier, and Chief Clerk in the Mines Department, is the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Hamer, now living in quiet retirement in Wellington, but for a great many years well and popularly known as a Congregational minister in Auckland. Here the subject under notice was born in 1855, and here, too, he was educated, at the Auckland Wesley College, under the headmastership page 51 of Mr. John Fletcher, and at Mr. Farquhar McRae's High School. In 1872 Mr. Hamer entered into the service of the Auckland Provincial Government, in the Superintendent's Office, where he remained until the abolition of the provinces. He then joined the Bank of New Zealand, and went to the Thames. Two years later (1878) he came to Wellington, and found employment under the General Government as clerk in the Mines Department at its inception. In 1887, under the Stout-Vogel Administration, Mr. Hamer was acting Under-Secretary for Mines, but on the Department being amalgamated with that of Lands, the Under-Secretaryship was vested in Mr. Huntly Eliott, and Mr. Hamer was appointed Chief Clerk. In January, 1891, Mr. Hamer became Private Secretary to the Hon. Mr. Seddon, who was then Minister of Mines, and on the assumption of the Premiership by that gentleman, Mr. Hamer continued in the capacity of Private Secretary. In social matters Mr. Hamer has been prominent for many years. In Auckland he was Mr. Thomas Hutchinson Hamer for a long time captain of the Manukau Cricket Club; and as a member and prizewinner of the Wellington Amateur Athletic Club he has long been well-known at the Capital. In 1883 Mr. Hamer was married to Miss Isabella Rayner, of the Hutt, who died on the 26th of September, 1890, and in October, 1893, he married Miss Dollimore, the daughter of Mr. W. Dollimore, of Lyell, on the West Coast, by whom he has a son.