SMITH, SAMUEL HAGUE (1840-1917) was born at Grantham, Lincolnshire, and came to Auckland in the Matoaka in 1859. He was in business with his brother as hardware merchants, but on the outbreak of the Thames goldfields he acquired two steamers, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince Alfred, to maintain a service with Auckland. He represented Newton in the Provincial Council in 1870, and shortly afterwards left for Sydney as the representative of the New Zealand Insurance Co. He was manager of the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Co. there when he died in 1917.

Auckland P.C. Proc., 1870; N.Z. Herald, 4 Jul 1917; Auckland Star, 3 Jul 1917.

Reference: Volume 2, page 159

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