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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Burton, Jonathan

Burton, Jonathan, Farmer, Berkshire House, Reading Farm, Colyton. Born in 1844 at Reading. Berkshire, Mr. Burton was apprenticed to the carpentering trade, but after about three years gave it up, and engaged in the plastering trade, working at that for eighteen years, when he left England for New Zealand, arriving in 1873. He spent three months in carpentering at Wanganui, and then returned to Wellington, establishing himself as a plasterer. Mr. Burton, who retired in 1895, carried on this business for over twenty years, having partners with him at various periods. Among the many buildings in Wellington that testify to his ability as a tradesman may be mentioned:—the National Mutual Buildings, Sargood, Son and Ewen's, Ross and Glendining's, P. Hayman and Co.'s, Sharland and Co.'s, and the Supreme Court, Government Life Insurance Buildings, Briscoe, MacNeil's, City Buffet Hotel, and various others. His farm at Colyton consists of 204 acres of freehold land, on which he has erected a handsome residence. It is a one-story building, massive in appearance, the rooms being large and lofty, and plastered throughout in diff rent tints. The dairy and out-buildings are all up-to-date, and there is a fine orchard.

Photo by Bunting. Mr. J. Burton.

Photo by Bunting.
Mr. J. Burton
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Hawker, Edward henry, Baker and Confectioner, corner of Ash and Taonui Roads, Colyton. Bankers, Bank of Australasia, Feilding. Established 1896.

Ivess, John, Boot and Shoemaker, Ashurst Road, Colyton. Established 1893. Bramwell Bros. (David Wilson, Manager), Storekeepers, Colyton.