Thank you Christopher Templeton for researching the buildings history and working out a list of people assocaited with the site.
182 Oxford 30 Dec 1925
Rogerson J N – transferred 12? 000 acres?
Joyce Ltd (RN) – finish borders – 11 Feb 26
Turnbull & Rule
Brown & McCay, solicitors – transfer to Doc 19 Jan – moved to Oxford, 19 Dec
South Prov. Assur. Assoc. Ltd
Farmers Co-op & MHL distributors
Cyclers Motor Supplies Ltd
South Cant. Acclimatisation Soc. – sec. Crate? or W.W. Newton – 14 Dec H.T. Fraser
South Cant. Caledonian Soc.
Taxation? Board
South Cant. Trotting Club – meeting in secretary’s office, Mr H.T. Fraser – 4 Dec 1925
South Cant. Hunt Club – Fraser
N.Z. Athletics & Cycling Union – 25 Jan A.G.M.
N.Z. A & P Assoc. – committee meeting Friday 20 Nov – first one in new building
Bristol & Earnest photographer
Rees? Raymond V. Ironmonger
Beath & Co. Ltd drapery
Finlayson & Steel Ltd – fruit, seeds, florists, warehouseman
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 30 October 1926, Page 12
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19261030.2.81.6
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18031, 9 August 1928, Page 10 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19280809.2.70.3
St Mary's Anglican Church in Timaru was the first church in South Canterbury. The first building was constructed of wood and dedicated in April 1861. A new stone extension, incorporating chancel, transept and a small vestry, was opened on Christmas Day 1869. By 1877, the congregation outgrew the church, and it was decided to erect a new building. The foundation stone was laid in 1880, and the new church, filled to overflowing with eager parishioners, opened in August 1886. Construction to complete the east end of the church and tower, including the chancel, a new side-chapel, vestry, and the octagonal room now used as a choir-room, was begun in 1907. St Mary's opened in its present form in May 1909, including the new tower, which stands 32 metres tall. It was reported that the new church could seat 900 people.
The church was designed by Christchurch architect William B Armson, and constructed in local basalt rock, Oamaru stone, and roofed with Welsh slate. The internal pillars are made from Aberdeen granite used as ballast in ships. The Benvenue Memorial uses the same Scottish stone. St Mary’s Church is one of the few English Gothic Revival buildings in the Southern Hemisphere.
The church suffered damage during the September 2011 earthquake and reopened in 2015. Restoration work on the pinnacles was completed in 2023, which included a total remake of much of the stone on the top section