Ashburton Borough Centenary/Buildings

Buildings

It is impossible to detail all the buildings in the Borough and either their earliest beginnings or previous buildings on the same sites. The hotels were prominent from earlier times and the main banks also have a long history. The South Canterbury Savings Bank is in its infancy by comparison. The A.N.Z. Bank on the corner of East and Tancred Streets has just closed for extensive modernisation and is temporarily in the old National Bank building further east along Tancred Street. The Bank of New Zealand also has new buildings on East Street.

There are old and new garages and transport buildings. The industrial complex is thriving and Woodhams have just opened a new complex worth half a million dollars. The Borough School is also to have new buildings in the near future and the Library and Administration Buildings are a great credit to the town.

Among the new buildings of more recent years are the Churches at Tinwald, new Kindergartens, the handsome County Council building, in Baring Square East, that was first opened in April, 1938, and then had first floor extensions added in 1972.

The Tinwald War Memorial Hall has extensive alterations giving it very generous capacity declared open this year.

Appended is a copy of the Ashburton Trade Directory, published in the “Ashburton Herald” dated Thursday, July 31, 1879.

ARCHITECT & CIVIL ENGINEER: B. Mountfort, East Street.
AUCTIONEERS: Bullock and Co., East Street.
Alfred Harrison, Baring Square.
J. Lloyd Crawley, Saunders’ Bldgs.
BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS: Messrs Branson and Purnell, East St.
Mr Harris, Saunders’ Buildings.
Mr Ireland, Montgomery’s Buildings.
BAKERS, CONFECTIONERS, ETC.: Thos. Taylor, East Street.

DRAPERS AND CLOTHIERS: D. Williamson and Co., East Street.
Orr and Co., East Street.
Hodder and Co., Saunders’ Buildings
FURNITURE WAREROOMS: A. Spillard, Tancred Street.
Collins and Son, Moore Street.
GROCERS, GENERAL DEALERS, Etc.: Orr and Co., East Street.
Friedlander Bros., East Street.
Hodder and Co., Saunders’ Buildings
D. Williamson and Co., East Street.

BANKS: Bank of New Zealand, East Street.
Union Bank of Australia, East St.
BOARDING-HOUSE KEEPERS: John Candish, Moore Street.
Prince Albert Boardinghouse, Wills Street.
J. Cotton, Spanish Restaurant, Havelock Street.
BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, Etc.: G. Parkin, Steam Saw Mills, Moore Street.
Thos. Williams, Tinwald.
G. Compton, Builder, Moore Street.
BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS: H. M. Jones, Baring Square.
Weeks and Dixon, East Street North (Next to Quill’s Hotel).
BOOTMAKERS: T. Chambers, Prospect Buildings, East Street.
M. Nealas, East Street.
BREWERS AND BOTTLERS: Wood and Co., Cameron Street.
Quinton Bros., Mount Somers Road.
CABINETMAKERS: C. Brader, Tinwald.
CABINETMAKERS AND UNDERTAKERS: T. A. Gates, Peter St., near Quill’s.
Thomas Williams, Tinwald.
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS: J. M. Cambridge, Montgomery’s Buildings.
COAL AND FIREWOOD MERCHANTS: A. Hayes, Firewood and Timber, near Railway Station.

HOTELS: Shearman’s Somerset Hotel, East St.
Quill’s Commercial Hotel, East St. North, near Railway Station.
Mutch and McKenzie, Ashburton Hotel, East Street.
IRONMONGERS: Orr and Co., East Street.
Hodder and Co., Saunders’ Buildings
MILLINER AND DRESSMAKER: Mrs Adams, Cox Street.
PAINTER, ETC.: J. R. Chapman, Tancred Street.
T. S. Tucker, Moore Street.
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS: Weeks and Dixon, East Street.
PLUMBERS, GASFITTERS, TINSMITHS, ETC.: S. Hardley, East Street.
J. C. Dolman, Tancred Street.
Joseph Hyde, Tancred Street.
SURVEYORS: C. E. Fooks and Son, Triangle, Wakanui Road.
TAILORS: Aitken and Co., Havelock Street.
TENTMAKERS: Wm. Patching, East Street.
GREENGROCERS, ETC.: W. T. Davison, Moore Street.
R. Madigan, Havelock Street.

Notices in this Directory, £1 per annum.