Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Thorn, William Perriam , Builder and Contractor, Wyndham Road, Mataura. Mr Thorn was born in Essex, England, in November, 1872, and was brought to Port Chalmers by the ship “Waimea,” at the age of three. He was educated in Dunedin, where also he learned his trade under his father, Mr C. J. Thorn. He was for three years a member of the Peninsula Navals, and is a member of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance, Dunedin. Mr Thorn established himself as a builder in Mataura in 1893. His premises consist of a workshop and residence, on a freehold section of half an acre. He erected the Mataura Horticultural Hall, from his own design, made large additions to the Mataura Falls Paper Mill, and built the residence, stables and woolshed, of Mr M. Friedlander, at Waimumu. Mr Thorn was married, in January, 1898, to a daughter of Mr D. McGowan, of Mataura, farmer, and has two sons and one daughter.