North - From Leith, Ayrshire; UK appt. as Engine Driver 19/7/1898; fined ten shillings for refusing to take out an engine he considered to be unsafe 30/11/1898; resigned 23/12/1898; dep Zanzibar for England 27/2/1899; Member of the 'Mombasa Trading & Development Syndicate' seeking concession to run Tramway, c. 1901