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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Bainham

Bainham.

Bainham is on the Aorere river, seventy-five miles from Nelson, which is connected by steamer with Collingwood, between which and Bainham there is a ten mile drive by coach. The Collingwood Goldfields' Company carries on extensive operations at the Quartz ranges, a few miles up the river, and the timber industry is vigorously prosecuted in the neighbourhood. Bainham has a population of over one hundred persons.

Bainham Sawmill (Joseph W. Walker and Thomas Walker), Bainham. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand, Nelson. Agencies at Lyttelton and Collingwood. This sawmill employs six men, and has a fourteen horsepower engine and boiler, with breaking-down saws and a travelling bench.

Mr. J. W. Walker , the Managing Partner, was born in Nelson in 1861, and educated at the public schools. He was apprenticed to the trade of a gardener, but gave it up at the end of five years. Mr. Walker worked for the firm of Walker Bros., at Puramihoi, for four years, and then made his way to Collingwood, where six years were spent in digging. In 1894, Mr. Walker, in connection with the other members of the firm, bought out the interest which Mr. R. R. Fellowes, of Waitapu, had in the mill. Mr. Walker was married, in 1894, to a daughter of Mr. F. Cundy, of Richmond, and has issue.