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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. Henry Toomer

Mr. Henry Toomer arrived in New Zealand by the ship “Caroline Coventry” on the 9th of June, 1869. He was a native of Somersetshire, England, where he was brought up as a boot manufacturer. Mr. Toomer showed considerable enterprise in his trade, and he was one of the first manufacturers in England to introduce the present system of bootmaking, using brass rivets and machinery. This system he was the first to adopt in New Zealand, and he was a successful manufacturer for many years in Christchurch. Mr. Toomer entered the City Council in 1877, and remained a member for about two years. He died in March, 1900, aged eighty-two years, leaving a family of three sons and one daughter.