The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Clark, Edward Henry
Clark, Edward Henry , Builder and Contractor, Palmerston. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. This business was established in 1874 by the present proprietor's father, who retired to become a sheepfarmer at Middlemarch in 1891. The large wooden workshops, which are two stories in height, together with the timber yard, occupy a freehold of half an acre, adjoining the railway. A great many of the important buildings of Palmerston were erected by the founder of the business, and many large building and bridge contracts in the district surrunding Palmerston, including the suspension bridge over the Shag river at Dunback, was undertaken and completed by him. Mr. E. H. Clark is further referred to as a member of the Palmerston Borough Council.