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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Captain James Campbell

Captain James Campbell, of Levin and Company's s.s. “Southern Cross,” was born in Argyleshire, Scotland, in 1826, and has had a wide and varied experience. He went to sea in 1840 as an apprentice, and served four years on the ship “Marquis of Bute,” visiting Melbourne on that ship in 1841. He was afterwards employed as able seaman in various ships sailing to different parts of the world. During the great gold rush at Bendigo, Victoria, he again came out to Australia, and for two years tried his luck on the fields. He left Victoria and came to New Zealand, as mate of the schooner “Eliezer.” He was employed in various coasting and intercolonial vessels, till 1861, principally for fourteen years with Messrs. Bethune and Hunter in the coasting and Chatham Islands trades, when he entered the employ of Messrs. Levin and Co., of Wellington, and was placed in command of the brigantine “Enterprise.” He has remained with that firm ever since. In 1874 he was given the command of the s.s. “Kiwi,” and had charge of her till she was lost by striking a rock, off Glenburn, in April, 1894. Captain Campbell was shortly afterwards placed in charge of the s.s. “Southern Cross.”