Otago Central Railway . Pages 15–626. The Otago Central railway is now (March, 1905) open to Omakau, fourteen miles beyond Ida Valley, and 120 miles from Dunedin.

Mr. Bendix Hallenstein . Page 93. Mr Hallenstein died on the 6th of January, 1905.

Councillor Thomas Reid Christie . Page 98. Mr Christie was elected Mayor of Dunedin in April, 1904, with 2,820 votes; the next candidate, Mr Braithwaite, polling 2,333 votes.

Mr. Patrick Hally . Page 99. Mr Hally resigned his position as a member of the Dunedin City Council, on being appointed Inspector of Factories and Inspector of Awards for Otago and Southland.

Mr. T. H. Rawson . Page 121. Mr Rawson died in Dunedin on the 4th of May, 1904.

Mr. William Burnett . Page 123. Mr Burnett was returned unopposed to represent Bell Ward, on the Dunedin City Council, on the 8th of March, 1904, in succession to Mr Patrick Hally, who had been appointed Inspector of Factories and Inspector of Awards for Otago and Southland.

Mr. Hanson Turton . Page 140. Mr Turton died at Southampton, England, at the end of April, 1904.

Professor Thomas Gilray . Page 154. “The Otago Daily Times” should be added to the list of public journals to which Professor Gilray has contributed articles.

Mr. John Sisson St. George Cooper . Page 159. Mr Cooper resigned his position as chief mathematical and science master at the Otago Boys' High School in 1904, and is now (1905) in England.

Mr. A. J. Barth . Pages 176 and 216. Mr Barth died at his home in Dunedin, on the 19th of February, 1905.

Mr. Alexander Small . Page 199. Mr Small died at his residence at Otaki, on the 10th of October, 1904.

Mr. William Densem . Page 217. Mr Densem now (1905) resides in Christchurch.

Mr. J. W. Jago . Page 231. Mr Jago died on the 18th of November, 1904.

Mr. Edward Hall Carew . Pages 235–236. Mr Carew died at Dunedin on the 28th of August, 1904, and was succeeded by Mr H. Y. Widdowson, formerly of Christchurch.

Mr. Edward Aslin . Page 243. Mr Aslin. who is spoken of at page 243 as Managing Clerk of Mr John Wilkinson, is now (March, 1905) in practice on his own account, as a barrister and solicitor, at 13, Dowling Street, Dunedin.

The Intake At Silver Stream, Dunedin. Mr. C. Gordon, photo.

Tomahawk Head.

Mr. John White . Page 243. Mr White died at Dunedin on the 5th of May, 1904

Dr. E. J. O'Neil . Page 247. Dr O'-Neil went to South Africa in 1901, as surgeon-captain of the Sixth New Zealand Contingent, and was mentioned in despatches by Lord Kitchener.

Mr. Arthur C. Stronach . Page 277. Mr Stronach died suddenly on the 1st of September, 1904.

Mr. James Hislop . Page 283. Mr Hislop died at Wellington on the 14th of January, 1904.

G. Lintott and Co., Limited . Page 292. The offices of this firm are now at Crawford Street, Dunedin. The number of the firm's Post Office Box is 404, and the firm's bankers are the National Bank of New Zealand.

Messrs Paterson And Barr . Page 331. In July, 1903, Messrs Paterson and Barr, finding that their page 1104 premises in Princes and Richardson Streets were becoming too cramped up for their requirements, acquired the building lately occupied by Messrs Scoullar Brothers in Vogel and Cumberland Streets. These premises, where the wholesale business of the firm is now carried on, reach from street to street and occupy the whole of the Harbour Board section, measuring eighty feet by forty feet. The buildings consist of three floors, a concrete cellar, and an attic floor. Messrs Paterson and Barr have erected an iron yard and store for heavy goods on half a section adjoining, and in the main building there is a large hydraulic lift, which runs from the cellar to the top flat, and is constantly employed taking goods in and out. It is of the greatest advantage in the conduct of the business. The offices, which are large and convenient, are situated at the Vogel Street entrance. The stock has been very well arranged throughout, and everything done to enable a large business to be successfully conducted; but even these extensive premises will no doubt in time become too small for the firm's growing trade. The retail business in Princes Street is much improved by the extra accommodation, and is fitted up to date with all the appliances necessary for a first rate ironmongery business.

Messrs Paterson And Barr's Premises, Vogel And Cumberland Streets.

Guy, photo.
Woodhaugh Gardens.

Mr. Thomas Brydone . Pages 334–335. Mr Brydone died in London on the 17th of June, 1904.

Mr. James Carlile Whiteman . Page 349. It was with his brother, not his father, that Mr Whiteman was sheepfarming for four or five years in the Wanganui district. Mr Whiteman is not only one of the principal shareholders, but also a director, of the New Zealand Acetylene Gas Lighting Company, Limited; and also a director and promoter of the Taipo Explosive Syndicate of New Zealand, Limited; the Victorian Explosive Syndicate, and a director of the Southland s.s. Company, Limited. These corrections and additions were received too late for insertion in Mr Whiteman's article at page 349.

Otago Early Settlers' Association . Pages 372–373. In 1904 the Otago Early Settlers' Association secured a central site in Moray Place for a hall; price, £1,425.

Mr. Robert Campbell . Pages 378–379. Mr. Campbell died at St. Clair, Dunedin, on the 8th of November, 1904.

Mr. Denis Heenan , Junior. Page 385. Mr Heenan died at Dunedin at the 20th of October, 1904.

Mr. John Mcneil . Page 389. Mr McNeil died on the 30th of January, 1905

Borough Of South Dunedin . Page 406. In the latter part of 1904, South Dunedin became amalgamated with Dunedin, with the proviso that its Council should sit with the Dunedin City Council till the municipal elections in April, 1905, and that, thereafter, South Dunedin should return three members to the United Council.

Borough Of Caversham . Page 408. On the 1st of November, 1904, Caversham amalgamated with Dunedin under the same conditions as South Dunedin. The other suburban boroughs of St. Kikla, Maori Hill, Mornington, Roslyn, North East Valley and West Harbour decided to stand out of the amalgamation.

Searle's Hotel (George Searle, proprietor), Caversham, Dunedin. This hotel occupies a prominent position at the corner of Forbury and Cargill roads, and is within a short, distance of St. Clair and Ocean Beach. It is a two-storey brick building, well furnished throughout, and the table and household arrangements are under the capable supervision of Mrs Searle. The tariff is moderate, and visitors to Dunedin, who wish to stay in a healthy locality, near the sea, can find comfortable accommodation at the “Searle.” There are stables adjoining the hotel

Mr. George Searle , the Proprietor, is a son of the Rev. Richard Searle, of Hemel, Hempstead, Herts, England, where he was born in 1847. In early life he was valet to the late Lord Ashburton, and came to New Zealand in the ship “City of Dunedin,” in 1870. After an experience in hotel life in the Clarendon Hotel, Christchurch, and the Imperial Hotel, Dunedin, Mr Searle entered the service of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand, in Dunedin. There he remained till 1895, with an intermission of two years, which he spent in the Old Country. On resigning from the service of the Bank, Mr Searle bought the Waterloo Hotel, Caversham, and conducted it for four years. While there he had the honour of catering for a banquet given to Lord Onslow in the Garrison Hall, by the citizens of Dunedin. In 1896, he left the hotel and subsequently took over the “Queen's Arms,” Dunedin, and later the Empire Hotel and Railway Refreshment Rooms, Palmerston South. Mr Searle took another trip to the Old Country in 1898, and returned the following year. In March, 1899, he took over the Club Hotel, Timaru, and afterwards owned the Wedderburn Hotel, Central Otago, and the Imperial Hotel, Princes Street, Dunedin, before returning to the “Waterloo,” now “Searle's.” Mr. Searle is a member of the Timaru Caledonian Lodge of Freemasons, and has been a member of the Order of Foresters. He was married, in 1867, to a daughter of the late Mr Joseph Staffhill, of Uxbridge, Middlesex, England.

Mr. G. Searle.

Councillor David Nicol , who was elected to the Mornington Borough Council on the 30th of May, 1904, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1848, and came to Otago with his parents in the year 1856. Naturally, therefore, he has seen many changes, and experienced many ups and downs in his time until lately. He was for fifteen years news agent and bookseller on the southern express train from Dunedin, and in this way became well known, not only to New Zealanders, but to travellers from all parts of the world. Through his sobriety, tact, and perseverance, Mr Nicol did remarkably well at his business, which, however, he had to give up, owing to the increased speed of the train telling very much on his health. Mr Nicol was married, in the year 1877, to Fanny Grundy, and has eight sons, two daughters and one grandson.

Mr. John Cowie Gow. Pages 439–440. Mr Gow died on the 27th of October, 1904.

The Palmerston And Waikouaiti Times . Page 444. The office of the Palmerston and Waikouaiti Times was destroyed by fire on the morning of the 9th of March, 1905.

Councillor D. Nicol.

Mr. John Church . Page 512. Mr Church died on the 4th of November, 1904.

The North Otago Dairy Company, Limited . Page 534. This company's creameries were purchased by the Taieri and Peninsula Milk Supply Company in September, 1904.

Mr. George Leslie . Page 537. Mr Leslie's shop and rooms were destroyed by fire at daybreak on the 7th of January, 1905, and he himself lost his life on the premises by suffocation.

Mr. W. J. Cain . Page 580. Mr Cain died on the 12th of December, 1904.

Mr. J. Stenhouse . Page 684. Mr. Stenhouse has now (March, 1905) retired from the headmastership of the Lawrence District High School.

Mr. Gilbert Paterson Blue . Pages 716–717. In October, 1904, Mr Blue received, from an English company, an important appointment on the Chingwing river, Upper Burmah, India.

Mr. Thomas Thompson . Page 848. Mr Thompson is now (1905) at Patea, in the North Island.

Mr. George Brown , sometime of Waikiwi Plains, was born at Campsie, Stirling, Scotland, in 1817, and was brought up to an outdoor life. He was engaged in farming on his own account in Scotland till 1861, when he came out to Melbourne. At a later period he arrived in New Zealand and resided for eighteen months at Taieri Ferry. He then removed to Southland, where he bought 190 acres at Waikiwi Plains, and subsequently increased his holding to 380 acres. Mr Brown served for some time as a member of the Myross Bush school committee, and was an office-bearer of the Presbyterian church. He was married, in 1895, to a daughter of Mr James Buchanan, of Stirlingshire, Scotland, and at his death, in 1903, left three sons and two daughters.

The Southland Fish Hatcheries . Pages 911–912. The boxes at these hatcheries have room for half a million of ova. Since 1869, the Southland Acclimatisation Society has liberated over 3,300,000 brown trout fry in the streams and rivers of the provincial district.

Mr. W. J. Mckenzie . Page 926. Mr McKenzie now resides at “Cairnforth,” Ikawai, Glenavy, Canterbury.

Pahia Sawmill . Page 946. This mill was destroyed by fire on the night of the 8th of March, 1905.

Mr. L. V. Rasmussen . Page 1,005. Mr Rasmussen is now (1905) stationmaster at Ngaruawahia, in the North Island.

The Church Of St. Thomas The Apostle , at Garston, was the gift of the late Mr Macnamarra [sic]. It is a wood and iron building, with seats for one hundred adults, and is periodically visited by the priest in charge of Queenstown. The church was built in 1903, opened on the 7th of June in that year, and the inaugural sermon was preached by the Rev. Father Murphy.

Hart, photo. Protected.
Residence of Mrs C. M. Firth (Bowen Peak In The Background. This illustration is intended to supersede the one under the same title at page 1025.