The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Lyders, Frederick William
Lyders, Frederick William , Builder and Contractor, 169 Queen Street, North Dunedin. Mr. Lyders was born and educated in Denmark and arrived at Wellington in the year 1874. After working for a time at log-cutting for a large sawmill in the North Island he met with a serious accident to his right leg, which necessitated his remaining in the Wellington Hospital for about ten months. He then came to Dunedin and started in business as a building contractor. Among the many buildings erected by him are the Children's Ward and kitchen of the Dunedin Hospital, the Manse Street portion of Wain's Hotel, Hayward's warehouse, and Aldred's Buildings in George Street, the Mornington, Palmerston, and several other public schools, residences for the Otago Education Board, and a third storey to Dalgety's large grain warehouse, which comprises a whole block of buildings in itself. Mr. Lyders was married about twelve years ago to Miss M. Smith, of Waikato, a daughter of Captain Smith, of the Imperial Army, and has had a family of seven children, six of whom are alive. Of recent years Mr. Lyders has been a very successful land speculator, having acquired several blocks of land around Dunedin and cut them up into building allotments, which have been readily sought after by the general public.
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Mr. F. W. Lyders.