Marks/Inscriptions: B. 440 Birch Josiah (1833- he nas born 4.7.33 and served in the Aust Tiam Anny as a young man . He came out in the Westminster in '58 ; de Barbel was one of the passenger s, making his second trips. they wert into part. enters,1 in a saw mill . The L.T. in 7.6.81 says (in his o6 i nay notice) that his energy and skill marked him out; he and de Bourbel were the first to get an engine into the Range ia Bush. When the bush was worked out they sold their mill to Kenrick + Guin who had it moved to Oxford. Burch farmed for a short time al Ashley Bank and then became a merchant at Kaiapoi He was for years a prominent citizen at Kaiapoi . He was on the Bench on the famous occasion of the inquest on the Glen mart sway 9er2. He stood i unsuccessfully f r the Kaiapoi seat in the Prov. Coun. in '61. He was never defeated again i any election f or the Prov. Coun of any local body. Although the Lylt. Thes spoleto of his sawmill in the Rangiora bus h most of the accounts place it in the Kaiapoi Bash. He spoke at a meeting in farouk of starting the volunteers again after they had been dis banded by the N.Z. Govt. He was elected as member for Rang iou en the Prov. Coun. Ap. 62 and again May 62. He and W.C. Beswick went into part. as Lancelot Watson. LT. 21.3.60 : 1.9.61 : 20.4.62 : 4.6.62; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: 2. B.440 Sept 62 merchants they dissolved part. when Beswick had to lease Kaiapoi for Timaru to look after the affairs of his brother John who been lost when the City of Dunedin went down in '65. He was gazetted Registrar of B.D+ M and returning officer for the Cheviot electorate Nov. 62 . He was elected to the Kaiapoi Mu. Coun. in Nov. 65. He built a new store in '66 and his jetty would Accom m date two vessels unloading at the same time. It was just below the swing budge . He imported a star wood- Scouring machina in Dec. 6. E.I. Blackwood Elected it. He was said to be the first Kaiapoi merchant to ship wool to London (although Cookson + Bowler had an agency there Cong before him) In 67 Buck +o had 188les frontage of wharf on the wer front and had built four new stores during the Cast une ion tes. In Ang . he got Wm. Ayers to build a weigh bridge for him . When archet was re organised at Kaiapoi in 67 he was made president of the new club. He acted as stale at the first Kaiapoi Regatta held in Jan. 68. He was elated to the Kaiapoi B0r. Coun. in Sept. of that year. He was elected ina opposed to rep. Kaiapoi in the Prov. Coun. Nov. 68. James Wylde had just resigned. LT. 1.11.62 :17.6.65 : 16.11.65 : 27.11.66 : 21.12.66 : 26.8.67 : 25.11.68.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: B.440 Jos. Buch 3. In 68 after the c great flood he shifted one of this wool + grain stores or to high piles and built a new one in the vacant Space . All lhe merchants of Kaiapoi had in readjust t their ideas of Safety after that food. In Nov .68 he moved that Whites budge at Kaiapoi shined t£ 1500 be taken over in ter is of the agreement. He estimated the net toll revere at £2000 per anini . The agreement had two years to rin. The motion was lost. John Evans Brown , speaking later, said that the budge had cost White £2100 to build and he had already re cared 100 0lo on his expenditure He was a churchwarden of Kaiapoi parish ap. 70. He got into the Prov. Cem. for Kaiapoi very easily in May 70 beating Hall , alcatraz man, by 64 voles to 12. He was a Staunch baller for Kaiapoi and was against the railway. rightly thinking it would ruin Kaiapoi s trade. When Kaiapoi paris became dui ded over the Rev. Carlyon and his high church practices, he, as churchwarden took a prominent part and was one of the Commission directed to sit ty the Bishop ( see Rev. Carlyon , E. Revel, Jos. Beswick) far. 7l. He carried the meeting and with him and the meeting decided to support the Bishop LT. 22.4.70 : 30.5.70 : 27.1.76; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: B.440 4 in his finding . This meant theft Carlyon was to carry on with such alterations as directed by the Bishop. Burd's properties in Kaiapoi were offered for sale at Kaiapoi but the bidding was poor and only a few sectioned were sold , Sept. 77. The aing of the railway had had the feared result. Burch left Kaiapoi and settled Cot. Ch in ChCh and became Secretan of the Cowbioboury Tram way Co. He became also a certified accountant in bankruptcy. Sept. 69. Finally he had a small coal + Timber yard in marches ter St. married at Nelson in Mar. 59 Elizabeth dau of Dr Joseph Ford Wilson. ohe was as sister of Thomas Up fill Wilson who about this time had a Mr. G re4y shep property. Buck may have bo met her when she was with her brother. The il sons had arrived in Nelson early in '42. 3. elected a member of He d. 6.6.81 at Worcester St. East. His wife was Char Club in '58. Away of the time. He was found dead in his bed. His wife b. 31.10.40 d. 28.7.7 marr. as 2' wife J.T. Brown of Mt. Thomas She called herself Mrs Burch Brown. LT. 1.9.77 : 9.2.78 : 2.9.79. 7.7.81. Scholefield I.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer