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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Tremaine, George

Tremaine, George, settler. Mr. Tremaine is a native of Devonshire, England, and was born in 1853. Shortly after his marriage he came to New Zealand by the s.s. “Northumberland,” landing at Wellington in 1880. After visiting Christchurch he lived for twelve months in the Waikato, then went to Kamo and took up 200 acres of land on which he worked for eight years, spending a considerable amount in improvements, in 1890 he bought the Kamo Hotel to which he made large additions and two years later he became his own landlord with a perfectly free business; but he has since left the hotel. Mr. Tremaine was for some years a member of the Kamo town board, and also of the school committee.