THE LATE MR. CHANEY.

Press, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5453, 12 March 1883, Page 3

THE LATE MR. CHANEY.

■n be seen by a notice elsewhere -IS the old identities in the person *!_vf_aey has passed away. Hisname £ J __onSaLci_tedwith a portion of the and perhaps a brief tStfS career will not more so as he had apractical band *_2r_Tof -0- o{ ■ fte earber Bt ° ne gSSS Canterbury. Forfifteen years *f?fitf prior to leaving for here Mr J__L« jngaged in rearing the shrine in Canterbury *_j-tl On the formation of the CanN.Z., Mi Wakefield _*£_™yVmansuch as he was wanted and foreman of the ti_?3tne Christchurch Cathedral, Sfd offered Chancy the position, the It_ri—V Association agreemg to pay SfrfaUexpenses, including moving to **m , tiSe The Bishop of Oxford U ?*_3&Srsuade Chancy to remain fSSSt SES substantial mduee!__SrJn--» and family. After long -fuWion Chancy made up his mind to •Sftto offeTofthe Association, and SS tathe Randolph. Chancy was the STstoneinason among the "pdgnms, ff though brought out to build the SsSreh Cathedral, the only work he Xtbe church was to carve a font for £_ Church. Lyttelton, which he presto thTchurch; the Bank of New ___ Lyttelteß; Miles and Co.'s red Lyttelton, for which Mr Mumff vu and lastly, Mr W. f_rereave3' store. Chancy also put up a. fast head stones in Christchurch, Port, ___-, Papanui, and Rangiora, to marble coming from Sydney. He also __ the fire-proof room of the Govern_Tt B-Maigs, Christchurch. The land 2c_Bey , « corner was bought at the end d 1854, bring thelast section sold by the __l»_TA_ociation. He lived there JS____alytill the end of 1855, when j to left f« »" while, returning in 1862, and J £__g npti» residence there permanently. I