from NZETC 1902 ... the TERMIUNUS HOTEL corner of the South Belt and Manchester Street, Christchurch. This fine and popular hotel is situated opposite the railway terminus, and within a short distance of the centre of the city. It is a substantial two-storey building, ornamented on the South Belt frontage with a handsome balcony, under which is the main entrance. On the right of the entrance there is a sitting room for the use of visitors, and adjoining that again there is a spacious well-furnished dining room, capable of accommodating seventy guests. The private offices and the private bar are to the left of the entrance. The bar apartment is embellished with very handsome and elaborate fittings of cedarwood and plate glass, and furnished with numerous easy chairs and couches. A fine broad staircase, branching to the right and left, leads to the upper apartments. Several handsomely furnished private sitting rooms, including a ladies' drawing room, a commercial room, and a reading room, face the railway, and open on to the balcony. The bedrooms, of which there are over thirty, are placed on the wing running north from the South Belt

Visitors to Christchurch in NOV 1892 staying at the Terminus Hotel
NAME & PLACE of RESIDENCE

? Mr ANDERSON, Timaru

? Mr John BARRACLOUGH, Oamaru
? Mr Walter BOWLES, Christchurch
? Mr BREWER, Oamaru

? Mr D. CAMERON, Mount Possession
? Captain COLLINGWOOD, Ship 'Soukar'

? Mr DELARGY, Oamaru
? Master DELARGY, Oamaru
? Mr DICKSON, Albury

? Mr C. EDWARDS, Christchurch
? Mr C. W. EIBY, Timaru

? Mr Charles FANCOURT, Dunedin

? Mr GILCHRIST, Dunedin

? Mr John HAMILTON, Wellington
? Mr HOMES, Dunedin
? Mr HUSHEN, Palmerston
? Mr & Mrs John HARDCASTLE, Auckland

? Mr & Mrs JOHNSTONE, Dunedin

? Mr J. S. KEITH, Timaru

? Mr W. LITCHENER, Dunedin

? Mr MATTHEWS, Wellington
? Mr W. McGRATH, Wellington
? Mr & Mrs P. McKENNA & 2 children, Dunedin
? Mr Joseph MOSS, Oamaru
? Mr & Mrs MUNDELL, Geraldine
? Mr J. MURRAY, Wanganui

? Mr & Mrs NORMAN, Dunedin

? Dr O'MEARS, Dunedin

? Mr G. A. PATTERSON, Wellington

? Mr A. RICHARDS, Timaru
? Mr G. E. RICHARDSON, Wellington
? Mr R. A. RODGER, Tapanui

? Mr W. SMITH, Oamaru

? Mr C. B. TURNER, Tauranga
? Mr TWOMEY, Temuka

? Mr John WALFORD, Dunedin
? Mr WALLIS, Auckland
? Mr J. WHITEHOUSE, Wellington
? Mr WILKIN, Wellington
? Mr Ernest Charles Beresford WILKINSON, Reefton
? Mr & Mrs WILLIAMS, Dunedin
? Mr WINGFIELD, Dunedin

see also, the guests in Christchurch 1892, at the:
? COKER's Hotel
? WARNER's Hotel
? WHITE HART Hotel

PHOTO
TERMINUS HOTEL which was directly opposite the Railway Station
- taken from the site Christchurch City Libraries