Millar Street in the suburb of Sydenham, Christchurch

Millar Street in Sydenham – Named after John Andrew Millar (1855-1915). Millar, a seaman, trade union leader and politician, was an MP in the 1891-1912 Liberal Government, chairman of committees under R. J. Seddon and a Cabinet minister after Seddon’s death in 1906, First appears in street directories in 1908.A small amount of information from the library website. A wee bit of information from Papers Past. The street was made a public street in May 1919. In 1908 Sydenham Settlers dwelling to be erected on 10 acres known as Police Paddock bounded by Longfellow St, Tennyson St, Seddon St and Millar St. In 1927 the houses to be connected to new sewers. In 1940 the road to be sealed. In Andrew Millar’s obituary in October 1915 said that he died aged 60 years old. He was born in India at the close of the Indian Mutiny. The family then moved to Scotland. In 1870 he left Scotland to come to New Zealand for sheep farming but on the voyage out he decided that he had a fancy for the sea. He joined P Henderson and Co. The rest of the obituary was fill of political stuff. I found more information about him and he was born in July 1855 and his family wanted him to go into the army as they were a military family. They sent him to New Zealand on the ship James Nicol Fleming to learn sheep farming at his uncle’s property in Otago. His nickname was King Millar. This was a short street that ran from Longfellow St to Seddon St. There are only 25 properties and most have been built 2000 onwards. Some were from 1960 and 1970. Nothing stood out for me and I didn’t bother taking photos. I parked on this street and then walked as many streets as possible on a warm morning. I had been to South library before doing my walking.