Fleming, John , Grain, Produce, and Provision Merchant, Princes Street South, Dunedin. Telephone, 212. Bankers: Bank of New Zealand. Established in 1863 by Mr. M. C. Fleming, of St. Clair. The present proprietor, who is a son of the founder, has conducted the business since 1880. He does a considerable trade in the city and suburbs, as well as with shipping. The premises, which contain over 3,000 square feet of floor space, are of brick, and two stories in height. Mr. Fleming also uses, for storage purposes, a single storey brick building in Hope Street, which affords an additional 2,500 square feet of floor space. He was born and educated in Ireland, and came out to Port Chalmers in 1864 by the ship “Galla.” Before taking over the business on his own account, he was associated with his father in the trade. He is specially well known as a breeder of racing stock on his farm at St. Kilda. His horses (known as the “Gipsey family”) include the entires “Gipsey King,” “Gipsey Prince,” “Ishmael,” and “Wolseley.” There are, besides, “Gitano,” a gelding at Mr. J. R. McKenzie's at Tapanui; “Arline,” “Campbell,” and the filly “Gitanillo.” Mr. Fleming has been a member of the Dunedin Jockey Club for over twenty years, and has acted as a steward for over fifteen years of that time.

Tapley, Harold Livingstone . Grain Merchant and Insurance Agent, 14 Crawford Street, Dunedin. Mr. Tapley was born and educated in South Australia, and came to Otago in 1893 as representative of the North Queensland Fire and Marine Insurance Co. He continued to represent that company until 1897, when he joined the firm of Messrs W. E. Reynolds and Co., and four years later, established his present business. Mr. Tapley is further referred to in the military section of this volume.

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.

North Dunedin, From Heriot Row.

Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo.
Mr. F. W. Lyders.