Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

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

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Plesant, Edmund , Farmer and Fish Buyer, Half Moon Bay. Mr Plesant was born, in 1856, in Essex, England, where he was educated. He went to sea for some years, and came to Lyttelton by the ship “Hydaspes.” After living on Bank's Peninsula and at the Chatham Islands, he was appointed representative of the Bluff Oyster Company at Lyttelton, in 1892, and was afterwards engaged in running the ketches “Aparima” and “Rosetta” to the Bluff and Stewart Island. In 1898 Mr Plesant settled at Stewart Island, and represented merchants engaged in the fish trade. He is a very large buyer of fish, which is cleaned and packed in cases ready for the freezer, and shipped to the Bluff. Mr Plesant occupies a well-fenced cattle run of 295 acres, held under right of purchase.