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

Decorators, Etc

Decorators, Etc.

Avery, Alfred , House Decorator, Tyne Street, Oamaru, Bankers, National Bank of New Zealand. Private residence, Waiareka Valley. This business was established by the proprietor in 1892, in leasehold premises, consisting of a one-storey building in Oamaru stone, with an office and showroom in the front, and a large store in the rear. Mr. Avery undertakes house decorating and furnishing of all doscriptions, and does a very large amount of work in the district. A first-class staff of workers is employed from time to time. Mr. Avery was born in Christchurch in 1868, and educated in the Collegiate Boarding School, Dunedin, where he learned his trade. He settled in Oamaru in 1880, has held office as a Justica of the Peace since 1895, and has been connected with the local Caledonian Society as a director. For some time he was also president of the Shearers' and Employers' Union. Mr. Avery has a farm of 212 acres at Waiareka Valley, where he resides and has made a special study of the various methods of destroying that noxious weed, the Californian thistle. He has spent a considerable sum of money in his treatment, and has been successful in its eradication. H.s method of procedure is to keep the thistle close cut below the surface, a process which will in course of time eradicate it entirely, Mr. Avery was married, in 1886, to a daughter of Mr. W. Forrester, postmaster of Weston, and has three sons and two daughters.

Kear, William Henry , Paperhanger, Painter and Decorator, Tees Street, Oamaru, Mr. Kear's business dates from 1893, when he started work on his own account at his private residence. Four years later he removed to Tees Street, and has occupied the present commodious premises since beginning in 1901. The building is of stone, and has three stories and a basement, the latter being used as a workroom. The shop fronts Tees Street, and has a double front with a show room and store room at the back; page 535 overhead is the residence. Mr. Kear has completed the decoration of a number of building in Oamaru, including St. Paul's Presbyterian manse, the Convent, the shoeroom of Messrs J. Bulleid and Company, the Waitaki Girls' High School, the Kurow National Bank, besides many others. He was born in Wigan, Lancashire, England, in 1860, and was brought by his parents to Lyttelton in the ship “Captain Cook,” in 1862. The family removed to Oamaru in 1868. and the subject of this notice went to school at Weston, learned his trade in Oamaru, and found employment till commencing on his own account. He was married, on the 14th of November, 1886, to a daughter of Mr. Van Renen, of South Africa, and has six sons and two daughters.

Kennedy, Thomas , Decorator, Painter and Paperhanger, Thames Street, Oamaru, This business is conducted in a two-storey stone building, which stands on part of one-eighth of an acre of land. Mr. Kennedy has two shops, one of which is let with a large hall and office on the first floor. His shop contains a very valuable stock, and he has large storage and workrooms behind. As a decorator, Mr. Kennedy has had contracts for many important buildings in the district, such as the Boys' High School, the Bank of New Zealand, the National Bank, courthouse, theatre, the residencea of Messrs J. and J. T. Reid, and of Mr. J. S. Holmes, of Awamoa, besides many others. Mr. Kennedy was born on the 25th of May, 1846, at Paisley, Scotland, When he was nine years of age the family removed to Helensburgh, where he continued till he was eighteen. He learned his trade in the Old Country, and came to Port Chalmers by the ship “City of Dunedin” in 1863, Mr. Kennedy found employment in Dunedin till settling in Oamaru, where he established his present business in 1871, He served for four years as a member of the Borough Council, and has for many years been one of the committee of the Benevolent Society, As a Freemason he is attached to Lodge Oamaru Kilwinning, of which he is a Past Master, Mr. Kennedy was married, in 1875, to a daughter of the late Mr. Andrew Riddell, of Ayrshire, and has two sons and one daughter.