Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

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

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Mr. Herbert Jas. Baker, the Stationmaster and Postmaster at Greatford, where he has been about eighteen months, was born at Oamaru in 1865, and was educated at the Dunedin High School. He joined the Survey Department as a cadet, and had three years' service in the field, but in 1884 joined the Railway Department as clerk. After six years in Auckland he was sent to Oamaru, and shortly afterwards was appointed to the position of stationmaster at Mokihinui, where he resided for about eighteen months, and whence he came, to Greatford. As a footballer Mr. Baker represented the Otago Province during the season of 1889. In volunteer page 1270 circles he also took an active part, being a member of the North Otago Mounted Rifles. He is a member of the New Zealand Constitution of Masons. Mr. Baker is married to a daughter of Mr. Thos. Garratt, of Wellington, and has a son and a daughter.