Goss, James, Timber Merchant, Saw-miller, etc., Corner of Peterborough and Durham Streets, Christchurch. This business was founded by the late Mr. James Goss, who landed in New Zealand in 1858, and established himself as a builder in Christchurch in 1859. He carried on that trade till 1868, when he became a timber merchant, and soon after established a sawmill, with a department for builders' ironmongery, and a joinery factory for the supply of the trade. The buildings are of a permanent and extensive character, and fully equipped with complete machinery for the manufacture of all kinds of joinery, doors, and sashes, etc. The firm as a direct importer of builders' ironmongery of every description.