At first, he supplied miners with their daily necessities, and bought scrap metal which he sold to China. Later he moved to the province of Taranaki on North Island, where he opened a store in New Plymouth, and peddled sundry goods to the pioneer farmers of the surrounding countryside by cart.
起初，他供應金礦工人日常用品、搜購破銅爛鐵賣回大陸，再輾轉來到北島的塔瓦納基。