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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Hodgson Brothers
Hodgson Brothers (Henry, George, and Frank Hodgson), Mercantile Agents, Brokers, Wholesale Fruiterers and Produce Dealers, Harris Street, Wellingtou. Cable address “Hodgson, Wellington.” P. O. Box 242. Bankers, Bank of New South Wales. Private residence, Woolcombe Street. This business was founded by the present firm in 1891, their offices being in front of the Wellington Fruit Market, Harris Street. Their trade extends to New Plymouth, Napier, the West Coast of the South Island, Nelson, and Marlborough, and of course a large business is done in the Empire City. Messrs. Hodgson Brothers are importers of fancy goods and other lines. They deal in flour, pollard, grain, and other produce. They hold agencies for Messrs. Saunders, Gilbert and Co., of Napier, and for the British Chemical Works of Dunedin. They do a considerable business in “Amykos Aseptin,” a medical preparation which finds great favour. All the partners of the firm were born in the South of England, and each has received a mercantile training. They came to New Zealand in 1879, landing in Lyttelton, and for six years the brothers engaged in farming pursuits at Ellesmere and Rangiora, Canterbury. On giving up their farms they had various experiences in different parts of the Colony, and they also went over to Australia, and spent some time in Sydney and Melbourne. Mr. Frank Hodgson was for two years in the employ of Mr. G. W. Dutton, bookseller and stationer, Wellington, and for five years subsequently was with Messrs. Kitchen and Sen. The Messrs. Hodgson Brothers make a specialty of dealing in fruit, which they forward to any part of the Colony, a matter of very great convenience to many. The premises occupied by the firm form part of a substan tial brick structure of two stories in height.