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. Arthur Joseph Bellworthy, Station-master, Telegraphist, and Postmaster, at Fordell, was born at Eton, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at the public school, Eton. He learned his profession of telegraphy at Windsor, spending three years-and-a-half in the department there. He came to New Zealand in 1883, and remained for a time at Port Chalmers, page 1343 Invercargill, and Dunedin, receiving an appointment at Dunedin as telegraph operator. He was afterwards stationed at Wellington, and occupied the post of accountant at the railway station, which he retained for five years. Mr. Bellworthy was then transferred to the charge of the Kaitoke railway station, on the Wellington-Wairarapa line, and subsequently was appointed officer-in-chargeat Fordell, where Mr. and Mrs. Bellworthy are very well liked.