The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]
Mr. T. C. Norris
Mr. T. C. Norris, Secretary and Treasurer of the Ashburton and North Canterbury United Charitable Aid Board, and Legal Manager of the Lyttelton Orphanage, was born in Sussex, England, in 1848, was educated at St. Saviour's College, Shoreham, and brought up to mercantile pursuits in London. Mr. Norris arrived in New Zealand in 1879, and at once took up has residence in Canterbury. Up to the end of 1885, he was engaged as an accountant in Christchurch, and has occupied the position he now holds practically since the inception of the board. Mr. Norris has been Identified with Church work in Christchurch, as a member of the diocesan synod, and of the standing committee. He has four sons and seven daughters surviving; one daughter was the victim of a bathing fatality at Gisborne in 1895.
Standish and Preece, photo.
Mr. T. C. Norris.