William E. Reed Is Trading
pp. 75-76 · Read in the full issue
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THE old Islands firm of William E.
Reed has resumed trading activities in Sydney.
Mr. W. E. Reed, in 1884, joined John Williams, ship broker and Islands agent, in Sydney. In 1913, he took over the business, and in 1920 he moved into Union House, at 247 George Street. He dealt in Islands produce—copra, trochus, beche-de mer, pearl shell, ivory nuts —on behalf of Islands missions and traders, bought and shipped their supplies, and sold small vessels, from launches to steamers. He died in 1929, and his business was carried on by his sons, Ernest and Donald. They closed up when the Japs invaded, in 1942, and went to the war.
Mr. Donald Reed has now reopened the old business at Mendes Chambers, 8a Castlereagh Street, Sydney, and is seek ing to re-establish the old connections.
The Government ketch “New Golden Hind” left Auckland late in April with stores for Sunday Island, chief island of the Kermadec Group (between NZ and Fiji) which has been “colonised” by the NZ Government for use as a meteoro logical station. A group of labourers from Nuie, another NZ Territory, has been domiciled on Sunday Island for some time.