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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

[Hawarden]

Hawarden is a district which originally formed part of the Glenmark estate, and was surveyed into a township of from five to ten acre sections. It has a flag railway station on the northern line, fifty-three miles from Christchurch, and stands 873 feet above the level of the sea. There are three stores, two blacksmiths' shops, and a boardinghouse in the village. There is also a public hall, and the Roman Catholic church and presbytery are new and prominent buildings in the settlement. Sheep farming is the occupation of the settlers in the vicinity. The settlement is in the Waipara riding of the Ashley county, and at the census of 1901 had a population of sixty-six, inhabitants.

The Hawarden Post Office was established in 1886. Mails are received and despatched every day, and the office is connected by telephone with Waikari. The business of the department is conducted at the store of Mr. John O'Carroll.

Mr. John O'Carroll, Postmaster at Hawarden, was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1853. He arrived in Lyttelton, by the ship “Hereford,” in 1876, and settled in the Hawarden district in 1880. In that year he established the store, which he has since conducted. Mr. O'Carroll was married, in 1883, to a daughter of Mr. T. Dowd, of County Kerry, and has seven sons and two daughters.

The Hawarden Parish of the Roman Catholic Church extends from the Ashley to the Conway rivers, and is about 100 miles across. It was formerly included in the Rangiora parish. Besides the Hawarden church, there are churches at Waiau, Brackenfield, and Cheviot; and services are held periodically at Stonyhurst and Hanmer. A site has been selected at Hanmer Springs, where it is intended to build another church. The presbytery, which was built in 1900, is a handsome residence of nine rooms, and stands in ornamental grounds on part of a section of ten acres. St. Raphael's Roman Catholic Church, Hawarden, was originally erected in 1886, and was enlarged in 1900. It is built of wood and shingles, and, including the gallery, has accommodation for 200 persons.

The Rev. Thomas Walter Price, Priest in Charge of the Hawarden Parish, was born in 1873, in Warwickshire, England, He was educated at Erdington and Cotton Hall, in Staffordshire, and at Brussels, in Belgium. Father Price was ordained at Clifton in 1896, and officiated for a short time in London and Leeds. In February, 1899, he landed at Lyttelton, in the s.s. page 584 “Rakaia.” After a year as assistant priest at Rangiora, he was appointed to the charge of Hawarden parish in 1900.

Standish and Preece, photo. Rev. T. W. Price.

Standish and Preece, photo.
Rev. T. W. Price.

Mr. William H. Dodderidge, Manager of the Roman Catholic Presbytery at Hawarden, was born in 1862, in Somersetshire, England, where he received his education He was brought up on his fathers farm, and in 1884 went to London where he was employed in a variety of ways. In 1900 he arrived in New Zealand, and settled at Hawarden, where he has been prominent in musical circles. He has charge of the presbytery of St. Raphael's Roman Catholic church, for which he acts as choirmaster, and very often as organist. Mr. Dodderidge was married, in April, 1902, to a daughter of Mr. James Durham, of Newport, Monmouthshire, England.

Cox, Joseph William Mason, Butcher and Farmer. Hawarden. Mr. Cox was born at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1838. He was brought up to mercantile life in Scotland, and came to Lyttelton by the ship “Regina” in 1859. He was employed for three years by Mr. J. S. Caverhill, at Hawkeswood station, and for three years afterwards was a shepherd at Brcomfield. Subsequently he was manager of Waipapa station for a year; and afterwards of “Teviotdale,” till that estate was sold to Mr. G. D. Greenwood. Mr Cox was for five years proprietor of the hotel at Weka Pass, and during the same time he held the position of Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages. He then commenced butchering at Weka Pass, and supplied the men engaged in the construction of the railway. In 1883 he removed to Hawarden, where he has since conducted his present business, of which for ten years he had a branch at Rotherham. Mr. Cox owns twenty acres at Hawarden, and 240 acres at Weka Pass. He has served on the Mason's Flat and Rotherham school committees, and took a very active part in the establishment of the Hawarden Saleyards Company, of which he has been secretary since 1899. Mr. Cox takes a keen interest in politics, and at every election he actively and warmly supports the Liberal candidates. He was married, in 1867, to a daughter of the late Mr. C. Fitzpatrick, and has three sons and three daughters. Mr. Fitzpatrick was a farmer in the Balcairn district of Canterbury, from 1861 to the time of his death, and came from County Tyrone, Ireland.

Standish and Preece, photo. Mr. J. W. M. Cox.

Standish and Preece, photo.
Mr. J. W. M. Cox.

North Canterbury Co-Operative Stores, Ltd. (Hawarden Brarch), Hawarden This branch was established in February 1902, and its buildings, with a zesidence for the manager, have been erected on a corner section of half an acre, in the centre of the township. A large stock of groceries and farmers' requisites is maintained at the establishment, and the business is steadily advancing.

Mr. Alfred James Beaven, Manager, was born in Wiltshire, England, in 1864. He was educated at the Collegiate school, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, and waa brought up to mercantile life in Cardiff, where he worked for four years. For five years afterwards he resided at Newbury, and came out to New Zealand, via Australia, in 1889. For the first two years Mr. Beaven farmed near Amberley, after which he joined the firm of Vaughan and Co. at Waikari, and finally became manager of the business. Mr. Beaven was engaged at Sefton with Messrs J. Brown and Co. for four years and a half, and left that firm to open the Hawarden branch of tlfe North Canterbury Co-operative Stores. Limited. For five years before coming to New Zealand he served in the First Berkshire Volunteers.