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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. Patrick Burke

Mr. Patrick Burke, the Proprietor, is a native of Ireland, and was born on New Year Day, 1854. He is the eldest son of Mr. William Burke, a large and prosperous farmer in Galway, and obtained a thorough knowledge of farming at Home. Filled with a strong desire to see other lands, he emigrated to Australia in quest of fortune. About 1870 he came to New Zealand, where his energy and thorough experience of farming led to his becoming manager of the Wantwood est te in Southland. He visited Australia in 1877, and on his return to New Zealand he was appointed manager of the Caroline station, where he remained until that property and numerous other estates were acquired by the New Zealand Agricultural Company, Limited. Mr. Burke was appointed one of the company's station managers. About 1880 Mr. Burke arrived in Christchurch, where he has since been successfully engaged in business as a hotelkeeper. He had the Victoria Hotel, opposite the old post office, for two years, and then he built and obtained a license for the Southern Cross Hotel, Lincoln Road, Addington, where he did a prosperous business for eight years. After that, for six years, Mr. Burke carried on Barrett's Hotel, at the corner of High and Manchester Streets, with great success. Then he had the Cafe de Paris for two years, after which he purchased Tattersall's Hotel, and erected the present fine building, in which he possesses one of the finest hotels in the colony. Mr. Burke is one of the largest and most successful caterers in New Zealand. He has been caterer for the Canterbury Saleyards' Company for over sixteen years, and is now, and has for many years been, caterer to the Canterbury Jockey Club. He also catered for the various New Zealand Contingents despatched from Christchurch to South Africa. In all these onerous undertakings Mr. Burke fulfils his obligations with admirable skill, effectiveness and conscientiousness. Mr. Burke has always refrained from entering into the turmoil of public life, but he has for many years been president of the Canterbury Branch of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, and devotes great attention to its welfare. Mr. Burke has been twice married; firstly, to a daughter of Mr. James Naughton, of Limerick, Ireland, and secondly, to the eldest daughter of Mr. Orton Guthrie Bradley, of Geraldine, and grand-niece of the late Rev. Mr. Bradley, of Charteris Bay. He has two sons and three daughters. His eldest son, Mr. William Joseph Burke, went as dispenser with the South Island Battalion of the Eighth Contingent, which left for service in South Africa in February, 1902.

Mr. P. Burke.

Mr. P. Burke.