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taken from NZETC the article was written about 1895
Councillor James Stevens, who was born in Wellington in 1852, is the third son of the late Mr. Charles Stevens, who came to the Colony in 1840.
Mr. Stevens was educated at the Porirua Private School and, till 1881, worked at varions callings, principally at mill work. Coming to the Wairarapa, he established the Carterton mill, which he has worked with great success, having cut up the bush on some 1200 acres of land.

Councillor Stevens has another mill at Masterton which has been in full swing since 1895, and employs about thirty hands.

Mr. Stevens is a member of the Masonic Lodge in Carterton. He is a member of the Taratahi-Carterton Road Board, and has a seat on the Carterton School Committee. In sporting, Mr. Stevens belongs to the Taratahi Jockey Club, and takes great interest in local cricket. He is a director of the Dalefield Dairy Factory.
Mr. Stevens is married, and has seven children.

James Charles William Thompson STEVENS married Jane Eliza SPACKMAN in 1875
their known children
1876 - William James Thompson Stevens
- nothing known

1877 - Mabel Jane Rebecca Stevens
- Mabel married William John O'MURA in 1903

1881 - Grace Evelyne Stevens
- Grace married Henry Robert BARRETT in 1907

1883 - Maud Ethel Stevens
- Maud married Frederick Alfred MILLER in 1911

1885 - Olive May Stevens
- Olive married Alexander Robert HISLOP in 1909

1887 - Alice Ivy Stevens
- nothing known

1893 - Eva Mildred Stevens
- Eva arried George Felgate PENLINGTON in 1917

the FAIRROTHER buried at Clareville Cemetery as at July 2011:
- some birth years may be based on age at death -

FAIRBROTHER, ANNIE - 30 August 1882
- born 1870
- died aged 12
- buried Plot 66

FAIRBROTHER, CHARLES - 12 September 1937
- born 1862
- died aged 75
- buried Plot 114

FAIRBROTHER, DOUGLAS CLIFF - 9 March 1978
- born 22 July 1895
- son of Charles FAIRBROTHER & Florence Edith CLIFF
married Maisie Winifred Fairbrother in 1921
* Douglas's & Maisie's fathers were brothers, their mothers were sisters, daughters of George Cliff of Taranaki
- died aged 82
- buried Plot 56

FAIRBROTHER, ELWIN FENTON - 31 October 1968
- born 1909
- died aged 59
- buried Plot 503

FAIRBROTHER, EMMA (nee HART, see link at George) - 17 August 1942
- born 1859
- died aged 83
- buried Plot 18

FAIRBROTHER, FLORENCE EDITH (nee CLIFF) - 9 September 1942
- born 1866
- married Charles Fairbrother in 1888
- died aged 76
- buried Plot 113

FAIRBROTHER, GEORGE AUGUSTUS - 23 October 1926
- born 1858 in Carterton
- died aged 68
- buried Plot 17

FAIRBROTHER, IRENE KOI - 23 May 1912
- born 1908
- daughter of Oswald Roland FAIRBROTHER& Katherne Sophie NIESLEN
- died aged 4
- buried Plot 73

FAIRBROTHER, IRIS JEAN - 16 July 1985
- born 28 March 1914
- died aged 71
- buried Plot 1063

FAIRBROTHER, KENNETH GORDON - 22 August 1988
- born 27 April 1905
- son of Charles FAIRBROTHER & Florence Edith CLIFF
- died aged 83
- buried Plot 1062

FAIRBROTHER, LESLIE JONATHAN - 13 June 1979
- born 3 August 1897
- son of Charles FAIRBROTHER & Florence Edith CLIFF
- died aged 81
- buried Plot 55

FAIRBROTHER, MAISIE WINIFRED (nee FAIRBROTHER) - 15 November 1976
- born 12 June 1900
- daughter of Thomas Frederick FAIRBROTHER & Beatrice Emily CLIFF
- (Beatrice was a pupil teacher at the East Infant School in Taranaki in 1883. She resigned from Central School, Taranaki in 1891)
- Maisie married Douglas Cliff Fairbrother in 1921
- son of Charles FAIRBROTHER & Florence Edith CLIFF
* Maisie & Douglas's fathers were brothers, their mothers were sisters, daughters of George Cliff of Taranaki
- Maisie died aged 76
- buried Plot 55, Block 1

FAIRBROTHER, MARY AGATHA (nee PERCY) - 14 August 1898
- born 1856
- married Richard Henry Fairbrother in 1877
- died aged 42
- buried Plot 115

FAIRBROTHER, OLIVE MARY - 27 December 1990
- born 24 November 1911
- died aged 79
- buried Plot 504, Block 1

FAIRBROTHER, RICHARD - 15 May 1892
- born 1826
- died aged 66
- buried Plot 79

FAIRBROTHER, RICHARD HENRY - 28 January 1935
- born 1853
- died aged 82
- buried Plot 116

FAIRBROTHER, THOMAS FREDERICK - 9 June 1951
- born 1863
- died aged 88
- buried Plot 215A, Block SUB 2

FAIRBROTHER, WINIFRED - 22 June 1915
- born 1832
- died aged 83
- buried Plot 78

FAIRBROTHER, WYNNE - 11 May 1922
child of Douglas Cliff Fairbrother & Maisie Winifred (nee Fairbrother), aged 3 hours
- buried Plot 282

taken from NZETC the article was written about 1895

... Councillor George Augustus Fairbrother, J.P., who was elected to the Council in 1895, is the third son (of 6 sons & 3 daughters)of the late
Mr. Richard Fairbrother (born 1826 in London, arrived in 1856 on the 'Ann Wilson' & died 1892 in Carterton), who was first mayor of the borough.

Mr. Fairbrother was born in Carterton in 1858, and was educated at such local public and private schools as were available in his day. He joined his father in the storekeeping business; later he went into saw-milling, and in 1882 commenced business as a commission agent, to which reference is made hereafter.

Mr. Fairbrother, who became a Good Templar at fifteen, lately represented Wairarapa at Grand Lodge meetings at New Plymouth and Auckland, and now acts as superintendent of the local tent of Juvenile Rechabites. He served on the school committee for some time, and now sits as a member of the Library Committee and of the Licensing Committee.

In 1893 he made one in the triangular contest for the Wairarapa seat in the House of Representatives, but was not successful.

Mr. Fair-brother is married, and has four sons and a daughter.


George Augustus Fairbrother married Emma HART in 1879
- their known children were:

1880 - 1951 Eustace Claude Fairbrother
- Eustace married Hannah Lillian SPICER (1899-1978) in 1921

1883 - 1960 Victor Inglis Lyldon Fairbrother
- Victor married Ivy Alicia REVELL(1882-1981) in 1902

1887 - 1922 Lissie Fay Fairbrother
- Lissie married George Ernest FOWLER (1886-1969) in 1909

1890 - 1948 Elmer Finley Fairbrother
- Elmer married Alma Ellen May MILLER (1892-1937) in 1914

1894 - 1959 Horace Trevor Fairbrother
- nothing known


George Augustus Fairbrother died 23 October 1926 aged 68
- he is buried in PLOT 17 at Clareville Cemetery

Emma Fairbrother died 17 August 1942 aged 83
- she is buried in PLOT 18 at Clareville Cemetery


the FAIRBROTHER buried at Clareville

taken from NZETC the article was written about 1896
Carterton Public Library, which is located n convenient premises erected for the purpose on freehold land in Library Street, was established in 1874.
There are 3550 volumes, comprising a good assortment of works by standard authors. The subscription is ten shillings per annum.

The officers (1896) are: Messrs.
* W. C. Buchanan, M.H.R. (patron),
* W. Booth, J.P. (president),
* W. Downard (secretary),
* E. W. Dorset,
* H. H. Wolters,
* J. Brown,
* W. Downard,
* J. Bairstow (committee)
* Dr. Johnston (committee),
* W. Parker (librarian)

Henry Hilmar Julius WOLTERS (1844-1926), a wealthy German immigrant married Julia TULLY (1860-1924) in 1882
- Julia was a grand-daughter of William Mein Smith (Surveyor-General to the New Zealand Company and a prominent early New Zealand artist),
- their known children were:

1883 - 1950 Frances Melanie Wolters
- Frances married Henry Bernard Mansfield 'Burney' TRAPP (1880-1957) in 1910
- Frances died 5 May 1950 aged 66
- she is buried in PLOT 55 at Clareville (Henry is in PLOT 52)
- Frances and Burney Trapp lived in Carterton, he becoming County Clerk, and they raised 3 children. Daughter Phyllis became a teacher, son James (who married Noeline STUBBS, sister of Gordon Stubbs, the well?known former chemist) moved to Wellington and ran a restaurant for some years. The youngest child, Joseph, became a distinguished academic, holding the position of Director of the Warburg Institute, University of London

1884 - ? Gerald Hilmar Wolters
- embroiled his father in several scrapes and was ?packed off? to Australia about 1914. He married and raised two sons and one of these, Henry Frederick (Harry) Wolters, was born in Colyton NSW in 1920 and lived in Paddington, New South Wales. There are further generations carrying on the Wolters? name there
- in 1907 Gerald (then aged 23 and a law clerk in Wellington) set fire to some scrub and wood on his father's section at Days Bay to clear the land. Nearly an acre of his neighbour's land, that of Frederick Richardson a Wellington surveyor, was destroyed.
- Frederick took them to court for compensation

1889 - 1953 Olive Werner Wolters
- Olive did not marry. She followed her father into the commercial agency and ran it capably for some years after his death. She also became Carterton?s first woman Borough Councillor, serving from 1935 to 1944.
- she died in 1953 aged 64

1890 - 1896 Clara Beresford Wolters
- Clara died 2 November 1896 of diphtheria aged 6
- she is buried in PLOT 52 at Clareville Cemetery

Julia Wolters died 21 January 1924 aged 64
- she is buried PLOT 53 at Clareville Cemetery

Henry Hilmar Julius died 22 September 1926 aged 82
- he is buried PLOT 54 at Clareville Cemetery

PHOTOS & BIO of Henry and Julia and their home "Richmond" which today it?s known for an exceptional garden, and a hundred years ago Richmond was the home of an exceptional man Henry Hilmar Wolters is mentioned briefly in Carterton historical literature, but he deserves greater recognition for his substantial contribution to the town and district.

He is chiefly remembered as Carterton?s first Town Clerk, holding that office from 1887 to 1901, but from about 1878 until his old age (he died in 1926 aged 82) he kept the financial wheels of the whole district on track as an office?holder on dozens of boards and committees. He ran a commercial agency, for a time from his office in the borough chambers, later from a building in Belvedere Road, and handled the affairs of many public and private concerns

Henry Hilmar Wolters had a high profile in Carterton over a long period. He owned one of the first cars in the town, a 1900 Cudell De Dion Voiturette, which he acquired very early in the 20th century and which is now in Southward?s Car Museum (north of Paraparaumu, Wellington area). It would have been a familiar sight around the town as he went to and from his office and his many meetings.

taken from NZETC, written about 1927

Court Scenes
The first Court for the district of Port Nicholson was held at the Court House, Wellington, on the 5th October, 1841.
The Chairman (E. HALSWELL, Esq.) came into Court precisely at 10 o'clock, accompanied by the following Justices:?
* G. F. Dawson, Esq.;
* M. Murphy, Esq.;
* Geo. Hunter, Esq.;
* W. White, Esq.;
* G. B. Earp, Esq.;
* Capt. Mein Smith;
* R. D. Hanson, Esq.;
* Crown Prosecutor;
* R. Rr. Strang, Esq., Clerk of the Peace.

The chairman offered up a prayer for Her Majesty, for His Excellency the Governor, and for all in authority under them. The Clerk of the Peace produced the Government Gazette and read the Proclamation of the Governor, authorising the holding of the Courts of Quarter Sessions, under the ordinance of the 4th and 5th of Her Majesty No. 4, and also the appointment of the Chairman for the Court at Wellington, from the same official document.

The Court was opened by the Crier with the usual forms, and the Proclamation against vice and immorality was read by the Clerk of the Peace.
? The charge to the Jury was read.? . A man was charged with stealing a gun, value ?1 10s. Constable TELORD, and Mr. MANTELL, acting Clerk to the Magistrate, gave evidence. Messrs. STURGEON, NORTHWOOD and PARK testified as to the good character of the accused, who was proved guilty and sentenced to three calendar months hard labour.

A native was also charged on Wednesday, October 6th, 1841, with stealing a blanket, the property of A. HORNBROOK. Dr. EVANS was named by the Court as Counsel for the prisoner, and John KNOX was sworn in as interpreter.? . Dr Evans stated that, as an alien, the accused was entitled to a jury, composed partly of his own countrymen. The Crown Prosecutor objected. The jury empannelled were decided upon, and after evidence submitted by Messrs. HORNBROOK, J. McBETH and E. T. WELCH, the accused was sentenced to seven days' hard labour.*

The Courts of Quarter Sessions were superseded by monthly Country Courts, with a similar jurisdiction. Mr. HALSWELL was appointed Judge for the Southern District. The Northern District, presided over by Mr. WHITAKER, was defined as north of the parallel of latitude of 30? 30′, and was to have sittings at Auckland and at Kororareka, while the southern district, defined as that part of New Zealand south of the same parallel, was to have sittings in Wellington only.

On the 4th of October, 1842, the first sitting of the Supreme Court at Wellington was presided over by Judge MARTIN.

Mr. BREWER renewed an application for a bench warrant to arrest Rangihaeta for violently and illegally taking possession of and demolishing certain buildings in the Porirua district

taken from EARLY WELLINGTON- written about 1927

Wellington College
It is stated that certain reserves were set aside in 1853 by way of an endowment for this institution, and on Monday, 4th February, 1867, the Rev. E. TUCKEY, B.A., and Mr. W. S. HAMILTON commenced a Grammar and Commercial School?the future College?in the little Congregational Schoolroom in Woodward Street. Seven youths presented themselves.

In 1868 the school's existence was spent in the old barracks on Fitzherbert Terrace, and in 1869 removed to Clifton Terrace until 1874, when the present College on the Town Belt Reserve was opened by His Excellency Sir James FERGUSSON, father of His Excellency the present Governor-General (Sir Charles), amidst much rejoicing.

Mr. Kenneth WILSON, M.A., was selected by Dr. VAUGHAN to be Principal. Mr. A. D. CRAWFORD, son of the earliest white settler to meet the ?Tory? in 1839, was the pioneer boarder, and slept in the dormitory by himself until the arrival of the other boarders.

In 1881 Mr. MacKAY, of Nelson College, was appointed master, and in 1892 Mr. FIRTH assumed charge.

The writer is indebted to Mr. W. H. FIELD, M.P. for Otaki, for the following information:?
Among the masters were Messrs:
* Kenneth Wilson (headmaster),
* H. E. Tuckey,
* C. J. Hardy
* C. R. Buckland.

Some of the boys were:
* C. R. Bidwill,
* A. C. and H. A. Bishop,
* C. S. Brandon,
* G. Burnes,
* G. Butts,
* D. G. A. Cooper,
* H. D. and A. D. Crawford,
* C. M. and A. F. Crombie,
* G. and P. Dransfield,
* W. H. Field,
* M. Fitzgerald,
* J. R. R. Gair,
* R. Giesen,
* H. M. and A. H. Gore,
* H. B. Harvey,
* H. C. Hazelden,
* W. B. and F. B. Henderson,
* F. J. Johns,
* C. and R. Kebbell,
* G. G. Knight,
* A. C. Koch,
* R. and F. McLeckie,
* Albert and Arthur Martin,
* J. M. Meredith,
* W. H. Sefton Moorhouse,
* E. H. and F. D. Morrah,
* James Muir,
* R. Nairn,
* J. T. Nott,
* G. C. Ormond,
* F. G. Parkes,
* R. C. Port,
* C. A. Pownall,
* W. H. F. Richards,
* G. St. John,
* E. V. Sanderson,
* G. E. F. Schultze,
* J. G. Seed,
* S. K. Sleigh,
* C. Snow,
* G. E. Swainson,
* J. and R. W. Taylor,
* K. D. Webb,
* Arthur Young,
* A. W. and F. Young.

The Provincial Council Act of 1871 came into operation in July, 1872. The first Wellington members of the Education Board, which consisted of ten members, one for each district, were Messrs. A. de Bathe BRANDON (City) and E. TOOMATH (District).

The College Jubilee celebrations were commenced on Saturday evening 29th November, 1924, by a concert in the Town Hall, at which Mr. W. F. WARD, Chairman of the Board of Governors, presided. Speeches were given by Sir Robert STOUT, Sir Francis BELL, Mr. FIRTH and Mr. R. DARROCH (representing the Old Boys' Association, on behalf of its President, Mr. Walter BETHUNE, who was absent through illness). The College orchestra assisted in the excellent programme provided.

On Sunday a procession of scholars and old boys proceeded to the Town Hall, where a Jubilee service was conducted. Sir Robert STOUT, Administrator of the Dominion in the absence of the Governor-General (Sir Charles Fergusson), Mr. J. CAUGHLEY, Director of Education, Mr. and Mrs. FIRTH, Mr. and Mrs. CRESSWELL and members of the College Board of Governors occupied the place of honour in the front row of seats.

The opening of the Pavilion, Firth House and the Gifford observatory took place on Monday, 1st December, 1924. A long account is given in the ?Evening Post,? 1/12/1924. The foundation stone of the War Memorial Hall was laid by His Excellency the Governor-General (Sir Charles Fergusson) on the 3rd September, 1926, and officially opened by him on the 2nd March, 1928. About 80 of the old boys, who saw active service, paraded under the command of Colonel St. J. Beere, and were reviewed by His Excellency. A guard of honour was formed by the College Cadet Corps.

The erection of the Hall was brought about by the active work of the Old Boys' Association, who had contributed over £6000 for the Hall and its internal embellishments.

Ship "Cyrus"
- under Powell ANDREWS


Date of Casualty : 7 Mar 1874
Name of Master : Powell ANDREWS
Age of Vessel : 6 years
Rig : Barque
Register Tonnage : 317
Number of Crew : 10
Number of Passengers : 3
Nature of Cargo : Ballast, 90 tons
Nature of Casualty : Stranded; total loss
Number of Lives Lost : 5
Place of Accident : Two and a half miles to the eastward
of Sinclair Head, Cook Strait
Wind Direction : SE
Wind Force : Strong breeze


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Master careless in navigation of his vessel. His certificate
suspended for twelve months. But as he endeavoured to do his
duty, was always at his post sober and steady, Court recommended
that first mate's certificate be granted to him during period
of suspension of his certificate as master.

* Jane Caroline WRIGGLESWORTH (nee de MONTMORENCY)
* James de Montmorency Wrigglsworth aged 7
* Harold de Montmorency Wrigglesworth aged 5
* second mate of the ship Cyrus
* seaman of the ship Cyrus
- Jane and her children were crushed to death by the falling of the deckhouse. The 2 men lost their lives trying to get a rope to Jane and her children. The others on board were rescued by people from the shore. The vessel was reduced to matchwood within hours. Captain Andrews's crtificate was suspened for 12 months

Owhiro Bay is home to the CYRUS and the WELLINGTON, which went down on the same day within yards of each other


THE CYRUS
Vessel:
Three masted barque of 317 tons, built at Prince Edward Island in 1874.
Length 119 ft, Beam 27 ft, Depth 15 ft.

Site:
Lies 60m off shore on the west side of Owhiro Bay. In 5m of water on a rock and gravel bottom. Visibility 2-8m.

The Incident:
On 7 March 1874 was blown up on rocks during a terrific gale while sailing from Wellington to Australia in ballast. 50m to the west the Wellington was being wrecked at the same time.

Condition:
Virtually nothing identifiable remains, however close inspection of the sea floor has revealed pieces of copper sheath, nails or brass. Gold and silver coins, and jewellery have also appeared.

taken from various scources ...
from NZETC, written about 1895:
James Dacie WRIGGLESWORTH and Frederick Charles BINNS, were photographers in Willis Street, Wellington.
They also had branches at Christchurch and Dunedin

The business of this celebrated firm of photographers was established in 1863 and was carried on by its originator, Mr. Wrigglesworth, until 1871, when he was joined by Mr. Binns.
Their premises are large and of good appearance, being five stories
high, and possessing a floorage space of something like 10,000 square feet.

Messrs. Wrigglesworth and Binns have always maintained a very high excellence in all their work, and in 1879 gained first award at the Sydney exhibition.
Again in 1881, they were similarly successful at Melbourne, and at the New Zealand exhibition of 1885 they carried off the only first award given in New Zealand for portrait photography.

Though they have at various times done a good deal in the landscape branch, their efforts have been mainly devoted to the production of high-class portraits.

The firm are patentees of the process which has become so well known under the name of the ?Matt-Opal Type Process,? which gives a most delicate finish to the work. The perfecting of this process did much towards keeping the firm in the very foremost ranks of Australasian photographers.

The newest speciality in their work is the ?Mona? portrait, which is a bromide enlargement upon a new principle, giving to the picture very much the appearance of a direct photograph, though there is a softness and delicacy of tint far surpassing the very finest direct prints by the process which science has so far revealed to us. Messrs. Wrigglesworth and Binns are producing these works of art at a price which places them within the reach of all, and at exceptionally low rates for so fine and costly a process as the ?Mona? is known to be.

The Wellington business is personally superintended by Mr. Wrigglesworth; that at Christchurch by Mr. Binns; and the Dunedin branch, which is conducted under the name of Eden George, Limited, is in the charge of an experienced manager.

This is a firm to be thoroughly and unreservedly recommended. Their trade extends throughout the length and breadth of the Colony and even beyond, while tourists and others passing through the Empire City invariably take away with them a specimen of the work which New Zealand is capable of producing at the hands of Wrigglesworth and Binns.
_____________________________
James Dacie WRIGGLSWORTH (1836-1906) was born in Middlesex, England the son of James WRIGGLESWORTH, an alchemist, and Elizabeth CLAYTON
He arrived in Lyttelton with his mother, on the "Samarang" on 31 July 1852, he was then a hairdresser aged 16. His mother Elizabeth Wrigglesworth was a Governess aged 48. He originally set up as a hairdresser and perfumer in London Street, Lyttelton.

Later after moving to Wellington his mother ran a circulating library, bookseller's and fancy goods shop in Lambton Quay. She died at her residence in Cuba Street, Wellington on 14 June 1864 aged about 62.

He married three times,
firstly in Wellington about 1864 to Jane Caroline de MONTMORENCY. There were two children of this marriage:
* James de Montmorency Wrigglesworth born 23 July 1866 at Cuba Street, Wellington and
* Harold de Montmorency Wrigglesworth born about 1868.
- His wife Jane and their two children lost their lives when the ship "Cyrus" ran aground near Wellington during a storm in 1874.

secondly at Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church, Hobart, Tasmania on 7 April 1875 to Jessie MARSHALL or PEARSON. There was one daughter of this marriage:
* Kate Wrigglesworth born about 1877. She was an actress known as Miss Kate Gair and married Dr. (Robert?) SCHACHNER the Professor of Political Economy at the University of Jena (he died March 1912).
- Jessie Wrigglesworth died at her residence in College Street, Wellington on 26 July 1886 aged 42

thirdly at St Johns Presbyterian Church, Willis Street, Wellington on 2 November 1887 to Isabella Waters Sutherland GUNN the daughter of William GUNN and Margaret (Isabelle ? see below) Gunn SIMPSON.
James Wrigglesworth was then aged 51 years, he gave his occupation as "artist".
There was one son of this marriage:
* Alfred Gunn Wrigglesworth who was born about 1891. Alfred Wrigglesworth was educated at Wellington College, and at the Church of England Grammar School in Melbourne. He served in the British Army during World War One as a Second Lieutenant with the 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment and died in France on 4 September 1916 aged 25 years. He is buried at Thiepval Memorial, France. His next of kin was listed as: Son of Isabelle Gunn Wrigglesworth, of Jolimont Square, Melbourne, Australia, and the late James Dacie Wrigglesworth. Born at Wellington

... visit the link above for a very indepth look at his life and work and many wonderful old photos to view...

From the EVENING POST 21 October 1901:
Wrigglesworth and Binn's New Studio.
The photographic business of Messrs. Wrigglesworth and Binns has more than a local reputation. The firm's work is to be seen in homes and offices and public places throughout the colony, and not a few people have in years part taken advantage of a visit to Wellington to "have a sitting" in the well-known Willis-street studio.

The unfortunate fire of some months ago not only caused the destruction of thousands of valuable negatives, but temporarily banished the firm from the place where its operation had been carried on so successfully and for so many years. But there has now risen upon the site a bigger, brighter, and better building than that of old. The new studio of the firm is located in premises which immediately catch the eye of the person who passes along Willis-street. The three-story, substantial looking building has been neatly designed by Mr. W. C. CHATFIELD, and well and truly built by Messrs. J. and A. Wilson. But it is upon the interior of the building that taste has been lavished by Mr. Wrigglesworth, the design having been carried out excellently by Messrs. R. and E. TINGLEY. The colouring on walls and ceilings is in harmony with an artistic scheme of furnishing; and embossed zinc, which has been used for the covering of the walls and ceilings, has been effectively toned and decorated.

Upon the first floor, the main business of the firm is to be done, and this is approached from the street front by a stairway of easy grade, flanked by such a fine collection of photographs as makes the visitor pause often in the upward journey to scrutinise the individual exhibits.

Overlooking busy Willis-street is one of the handsomest of reception-rooms, furnished with the upmost good taste, with a beautifully painted ceiling, and containing so many attractive objects as to make it a pleasure to wait within such a bower. There will be no complaints from patrons about weariness of waiting amidst surroundings so agreeable.

Off the reception-room is the public office, which is the centre of a house-telephone system, and which also contains a lift communicating with the work-rooms above. The office has a store-room attached, and alongside, is a dressing-room which ladies will declare to be "a dream," so tasteful is its decorative scheme of geranium pink, and its pretty furnishings. Approaching the studio, the visitor passes a dressing-room for gentlemen, containing, like all the other room's, a neatly-set gas-stove, to warm wintry temperature, and a lavatory for the use of patrons.

Then comes the studio, commodious, well-lighted, conveniently arranged. With an area of 40ft x 20ft, it gives facilities for the taking of the largest of groups, and is equipped with the most modern aids to the photographer's art. Mr. Wrigglesworth has secured a series of backgrounds specially painted to suit the gallery, which has an elaborate system of shades for regulating the lighting. Off the studios are the changing-room and the dark-room, the latter being lighted by both gas and electric light.

On the second floor are located the workroom, and what may be termed the hive of the industry. In the eastern corner of the floor, Mr. Wrigglesworth has his "snuggery," which is cosy and comfortable-looking. Adjoining are separate rooms for the re-touchers and the artists, the toning, fixing, enamelling, mounting, and burnishing rooms; also storerooms for chemicals, etc. The enlargement department of the firm's business has become one of the first importance, and a commodious room has been set apart for this work. Off this room access is obtained to the fire-escape, and the whole floor is well equipped with lighting and sanitary appliances.

Up another flight of stairs, and the visitor comes to the "printery," a room specially designed to catch the sun in its various aspects, and with ample provision for its purpose. As an adjunct, there is a balcony, overlooking the back-door of Willis-street." Altogether, Messrs. Wrigglesworth and Binns's new premises may be classed as among the most up-to-date, and, in some respects, the best-equipped of the colony's photographic establishments, and they should attract many visitors.
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Frederick Charles BINNS (1844-1915) was born in London in 1844, where he was brought up as a civil engineer, but devoted much of his leisure time to amateur photography. Shortly after his arrival in Wellington in 1864 he became associated with James Wrigglesworth and established the partnership of Wrigglesworth and Binns. He became one of the most prominent Freemasons in New Zealand

He married Harriet MILLS, their children included:
* Reginald William Binns also a photographer, who married in 1911 to Elizabeth ARROW and
* Stanley Walter Binns, a clerk, who married in 1909 to Grace Elizabeth HENEY.

While walking to work on 13 August 1915 with a friend Mr. W. I. Bolam he was struck by a motor vehicle in Victoria Street and received serious head and body injuries. He was taken to hospital unconscious and died early in the afternoon. At the time of his death he lived at 73 Winchester Street, Merivale, Christchurch. He was buried in the Papanui Churchyard on 16 August, his wife Harriet died in 1921 aged 72.

Fredericks obituary from his link above:
... While proceeding to business this morning Mr. F. C, Binns, of the firm of Wrigglesworth and Binns, was the victim of a collision which occurred between a motor-car and a motor-cycle with side-chair attached, in Victoria street. Mr. Binns, who is 71 years of age, was by some means knocked over by one of the vehicles and sustained severe injuries which necessitated his immediate removal to the Christchurch Hospital, where he expired as the result of the injuries he had sustained.

The late Mr. Binns was born in 1844 in London, where he was brought up as a civil engineer, but devoted much of his leisure time to amateur photography, and shortly after his arrival in Wellington in 1864 he became associated with Mr. Wrigglesworth, and established the partnership which had continued ever since. Mr. Binns was one of the most prominent Freemasons in New Zealand; he was initiated in 1873 in the Pacific Lodge, Wellington, and was Master of the Lodge in 1870 and 1880. Subsequently he became the Z.V. in the Royal Arch Chapter, was twice Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Wellington (English Constitution), and for a time was also treasurer. With the Pacific Lodge he came over to the New Zealand Constitution, and later on, on coming to Christchurch, he affiliated with St. Augustine Lodge. He was installed as Grand Superintendent of Canterbury in 1902, and on the inauguration of the Provincial Grand Lodge, as Grand Master, an office which he held till his death. He was a foundation member of the Civic Lodge. Mr. Binns was also Grand Master (honoris causa) of Grand Lodge of New Zealand in 1911, and he was also Pro-Grand Master in 1906-08.
The funeral will take place on Monday, at 2.30 p.m.

... again, a MUST SEE site with lots of info and many wonderful old photos
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Early New Zealand Postcards
... An article in the Wellington Independent of the 23rd of April 1863, mentioned views of Wellington being taken by a Mr Richards "...of a size suitable for albums so much in vogue..." The talents of Mr Richards were recognise New Zealand Exhibition in 1865. The Jurors stated "... Among them may be specially mentioned a little picture of Thorndon Flat, as deserving of great praise for the delicate manipulation and care bestowed upon it...." The same report mentioned another Wellington firm with the following criticism "... in two or three pictures, there is evidence of imperfection in the manipulation of the plate, a dullness that might have possibly been avoided....", this describes some of the entries from a newly formed partnership, SWAN and WRIGGLESWORTH.

Swan who had carried on alone for five years, since his brief association with Davis, must have yearned for a reliable partner to help him with the booming carte craze that inundated his Wellington studio. Doubtless he eyed with business acumen the areas to the north of Wellington that did not boast a resident photographer. When he journeyed to Napier to found his Hawke's Bay branch, he left his practise in the charge of James Dacey Wrigglesworth. This seemed a well-timed move, but there is speculation that his departure was motivated by the return of Mrs FOLEY's Theatrical Company to the area. Eventually Swan sold out his Napier photographic interests to Samuel Carnell in 1870, having previously dissolved his partnership with Wrigglesworth after a three-year association. While Swan's career in photography was not a lengthy one when compared with some others, he made several important contributions to the craft. His coverage of news events and his involvement in the theatre combined to add a touch of showmanship and personality to early New Zealand photography. His later life was by no means dull. For many years he held controlling shares of a brewery in Napier and later served a long term as major of the city. His interest in politics eventually took him to Wellington where he represented his district in parliament. The final years of his long and eventful life were spent in Wanganui.

Swan's successor, Wrigglesworth, had a long and extensive association with Wellington, which began as a hairdresser in 1854. After his association with Swan was dissolved in 1867 he carried on alone for several years before joining up with Frederick C. Binns in 1874.

Their names virtually became household words throughout the country, as they followed their Wellington success with branches in all the major centres. Wellingtonians have every reason to regret the disastrous fire which engulfed the premises of Wrigglesworth & Binns in lower Willis Street in 1901. Undoubtedly the bulk of Swan's plates, along with those views Wrigglesworth took in late 1860 and early 1870 were destroyed by the flames. The criticism made by the jurors in the exhibition in 1865 must be taken at face value with little hope of a fresh evaluation. Whether the photographs in question originated from either Swan's or Wrigglesworth's camera is of little consequence. A reassessment of their talent through a comparison of their work with that of their contemporaries, is reduced to a handful of authenticated prints which have fortunately survived. Because of the small number involved, this can hardly be considered absolute and definitive

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The 1.45pm train from Wellington to Longburn, drawn by one of the original tank locomotives built by Manning, Wardle and Company of Leeds, emerging from no 5 tunnel near Crofton. Photograph by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington

the following from NZETC was written about 1927


Municipal Council, 1842
Returned at the first Election of Aldermen for the Borough of Wellington.

Mayor, George Hunter, Willis St., Merchant 273 votes.
Aldermen William Lyon, Lambton Qy., Storekeeper 237 votes.
William Fitzherbert, Farish St., Merchant 220 votes.
John Wade, Te Aro, Auctioneer 212 votes.
George Scott, Willis St., Carpenter 196 votes.
F. A. Molesworth, Hutt River, Farmer 182 votes.
John Dorset, Lambton Qy., Surgeon 176 votes.
Robert Waitt, Te Aro, Merchant 164 votes.
William Guyton, Te Aro, Merchant 155 votes.
Abraham Hort, Te Aro, Merchant 155 votes.
Edward Johnson, Lambton Qy., Merchant 151 votes.
Robert Jenkins, Manners St., Publican 149 votes.

Reserve List.
Out of which all Extraordinary Vacancies were to be supplied.
John Howard Wallace, Merchant, Lambton Quay 144 votes
Richard Davis Hanson, Solicitor, Wellington 126 votes.
William Anthony Cooper, Carpenter, Te Aro 125 votes.
Edward Daniell, Gentleman, Te Aro 124 votes.
Thomas M. Machattie, Merchant, Lambton Qy. 122 votes.
Henry Taylor, Storekeeper, Willis St. 117 votes.

The Corporation Ordinance was disallowed soon after the Election because it placed the power of establishing beacons and lighthouses in the hands of the Corporation

the following from NZETC was written about 1928

... Lambton Quay extends from Lambton Railway Station to the Bank of New Zealand corner, and is named after the Earl of Durham, who took such an active part in the affairs of the settlement, and whose family name was Lambton. Lambton Quay, or ?The Beach,? or Strand, was the high water mark. Along this portion of the beach was a Maori Pa called Kumutoto (now Woodward Street). Canoes were drawn up on the beach and bullock teams traversed its length. The late Mr. John Plimmer, senior, referring to the beach in the early forties, states: ?The first time I came up the beach, I overtook a poor woman carrying a bed. There was a heavy wash on the beach which prevented her passage with her load, so I carried her bed on my back through the water, she following in the best way she could; but we both got very wet.?

Mr. Samuel Revans, in a letter written in Captain Smith's tent at Pito-one, to Mr. H. S. Chapman (Mr. Justice) dated 6th April, 1840, mentions: ?The surveyors go to survey the Lambton site to-morrow, and hope will be enabled to give out the town acres in about three months. I am so enthusiastic about the place that I am almost afraid of being guilty of apparent absurdity in my statements.?

The Cyclopedia of N.Z., Vol. I., p. 240, mentions that Mr. John Thompson, solicitor, has in his possession a plan of Wellington, dated the 14th August, 1840, printed for the New Zealand Company by Messrs. Smith, Elder and Co., of London. The township bore the name of ?Britannia? for some three months after that date. The plan shows the whole of the eleven hundred acres, each section branded with an additional number indicating the order of choice allotted to the selection by ballot in England. These numbers are very interesting, as indicating the opinions of the early settlers as to the probable whereabouts of the future town. The public wharf is marked off at the bottom of Taranaki Street, and the acres chosen by the first and second selectors were those extending along Taranaki Street from the foreshore to Manners Street. The third choice was Manners and Willis Street, down as far as the Old Customhouse Street. The opposite corners were about the fiftieth choice. Fitzgerald's Corner (1896), now Stewart Dawson's, was the eighty-eighth, while some of the acres having extensive frontage to Lambton Quay were only just within the first fifty chosen.

Wakefield, in his ?Adventure in N.Z.,? p. 146, comparing the site of the first town (Pito-one or Petone), where the anchorage was exposed to a strong sea from the Heads when the winds were southerly, and the long shoal beach, was in that case lined by an inconvenient surf, which interfered with the dry landing of goods, remarked: ?At Thorndon, on the contrary, the anchorage was land locked, and the largest long boats might run their noses on to a beach on which no surf could ever break, opposite the spot of which a town could be built. Looking forward to future times, it became evident that Lambton Harbour would become the seat of commerce by means of its natural capabilities.?

All along Lambton Quay and Willis Street, as far as the present ?Evening Post? office, the bush covered the hillsides down to the water's edge. The reader may easily see, by looking along the alleyways in the Quay, and Willis Street, the second growth on the cuttings made for the various reclamations.

In the 'forties and 'fifties. Clay Point (Stewart Dawson corner) was in the teeth of the wind, and the wind loved to bite. The wild northerly howled around the promontory by the cheerless sea. Sometimes it was totally impossible for ladies to work a passage round that forbidding headland; it was the day of crinolines.

The first notable use of the land from the Dawson corner towards Plimmer's Steps was by a Mr. Millar. He had a brick field there, and made some playthings for the great earthquake of 1855. The bricks were all right, the ?cement? was the culprit. The bricks were stuck together with moist clay or a mixture of clay and sand, and they gaily parted company at the jovial earthquake's command. In time the brick works had to shift, but before they departed they had done some valuable clearing work along the front of the hills. A track sufficient for a cart along the foot of the hills, and a temporary wooden breastwork was formed to make the road, by Mr. James Brown and others.

The Early Settlers' Journal, January 1923, p. 7, gives the particulars of the first businesses established on the Beach (now Lambton Quay) in 1840. These were
* Harvie's Caledonian Tavern and Stores, (choice wines and spirits, groceries, pit and other saws, slates and slate pencils, steel and brass pens, regatta white and striped shirts, linen and calicoes, red fustian and cord jackets and trousers, dress coats, and stocks of candle and lamp cotton), also a ?canteen? complete, containing every requisite for an exploring party.
The advertisement was dated 16/5/1840. J. J. Taine?Whale oil, ?go-ashores,? Negro head tobacco etc. 9/5/1840.

* W. Karey and W. Nicholls, coopers; 23/5/1840.
* A. Anderson, wines and spirits, etc., 8/7/1840.
* Dr. Johnston, chemists and druggists store, wholesale and retail, 28/5/40.

The Post Office advertisement that ?a mail between Thorndon and Pito-one will be made up for the first time on Monday next at 8 o'clock a.m., and a return one from this place to Thorndon at 1 o'clock. Rate is 2d. for letters and 1d. for newspapers. Mr. Paton to superintend at Thorndon.? (11/7/1840.)

The panoramic sketches known as Nattrass' and reproduced by McKee and Gamble about 1900, shows the raupo houses, stores and frame buildings existing in 1840 and 1841. These are numbered 1 to 52, copies of which may be seen in the Dominion Museum and Turnbull Library. Mr. H. W. Preston has a copy hanging up in his office in Stout Street. The line of buildings extends from Oriental Bay to Bellsize Point (corner of Davis Street and Thorndon Quay). The writer has classified the portions of the sketch to coincide with the arrangement of the streets. Commencing from Hay and Co.'s stores, near where a boat is hauled up, at the corner of Mulgrave Street and opposite the Thistle Inn, we see Barrett's Hotel.