the COKER's Family Hotel was opened in 1879
A MUST READ on the history behind the Coker's Hotel which was built by John Etherden Coker (1831-1894), second husband (of 3) of Lizzie Westwood (1826-1910)
... the above link describes John Etherden Coker as "a flashy man, (who) carried a riding crop and wore close-fitting cords, top boots and top-hat. A notorious would-be hotel entrepreneur and perennial bankrupt, he could now, with his handsome wife and her even more handsome fortune, put his past behind him. The couple moved to Wellington where 'Johnny Coker, the most experienced of bonifaces and most genial of hosts', became licensee of the Occidental Hotel. In 1878 the pair returned to Christchurch. On one of his wife's sections John built Coker's Hotel which soon became famous for the quality of its service. The newspapers enthused: 'Wherever the white man has established civilization, one has heard of Coker's Hotel. All the celebrities have sojourned within its hospitable portals'. One guest was Rudyard Kipling. His short story 'Mrs Bathurst' (read the full short story at that link) centres round an attractive hotel employee though the author has used literary licence and transported her locale to Auckland"


Visitors to Christchurch in NOV 1892 staying at the White Hart Hotel
NAME & PLACE of RESIDENCE

• Mr W. ACTON-ADAMS, Christchurch
• Mr & Mrs ANSON, Perakei

• Mr A. W. Dillon BELL, Dunedin
• Mr Elliott BARTON, Hawera
• Mr J. B. BIRNEBAUME, Wellington
• Mr H. K. BETHUNE, Wellington
• Mr C. BIRD, Dunedin
• Mr John BLAIR, Dunedin
• Mr BOOTH, of ?
• Mrs Edward BOUCHER, England
• Mr Thomas BOUCHER, England
• Mr T. S. BOUCHER, England
• Miss BOUGHEN, Dunedin
• Mr J. F. BUCHANAN, Little River
• Mr BRETT, Auckland
• Mr A. R. BROWN, Melbourne
• Dr & Mrs BURBURY, Oamaru

• Mr E. H. CAMERON, Waimate
• Hon J. CARROLL, of ?
• Mr W. CHING, Auckland
• Dr CLEGHORN, of ?
• Mr & Mrs W. L. CLIFFORD, Nelson
• Mr E. CLISSOLD, Makikuku
• Mr E. F. CLULEE, Timaru
• Mr F. H. COURAGE, Amberley
• Mr & Mrs Hugh COUTTS, Stratdord
• Mr T. COVERDALE, Christchurch

• Mrs DALGETY, Grasmere
• Mr J. W. DAVYS, Timaru
• Mr de MAUS, Dunedin
• Mr F. Fleming DOUGLAS, Waimate
• Mr C. H. DOWDING, Westerfield
• Mr M. DRIVER, Dunedin
• Mr J. A. DUTHIE, Dunedin
• Mr James DUTHIE, Milton

• Mr W. EVANS, Timaru

• Mr W. FINLAY, Wellington

• Mr GEORGE, Makihihi
• Mr H. GERRITSEN, London
• Mr GODLEY, Wellington
• Mr R. GRAY, Dunedin
• Mr E. E. GREGORY, Marlborough
• Mr A. GRIERSON, Manchester

• Mr HANNAY, Wellington
• Mr HARCOURT, Waikato
• Mr J. E. HENRY, Palmerston North
• Mr HERRING, Alford
• Mr Malcolm HOLMES, Oamaru
• Mr HOOK. Timaru
• Mr & Mrs HUTCHINSON, Wellington
• Mr J. HUTCHISON, Dunedin

• Mr & Mrs H. JOHNSON, Berwick
• Mr C. D. JONAS, Wellington
• Mr JONES, Timaru

• Mr Thomas KEIR, Dunedin
• Mr & Mrs KENNEDY, Wellington
• Mr George KETTLEWELL, Bradford, Yorkshire
• Mr H. B. KIRK, Wellington
• Mr & Mrs J. H. KITCHEN, Melbourne

• Mr A. G. LEEDS, Napier
• Mr Etienne LELIEVRE, Akaroa
• Mr W. S. LINDSAY, Timaru
• Mr W. LIVINGSTONE, of ?
• Mr & Mrs F. LOGAN, Napier
• Mr C. J. LONG, Wellington
• Mr A. H. LOWE, Hororata

• Mr R. MacCAULEY, Oamaru
• Mr W. E. MacKAY, Wellington
• Mr J. R. MacKENZIE, Pomahaka
• Mr D. MacFARLAND, of ?
• Mr S. MacKENZIE, Timaru
• Mr T. MacKENZIE, CLUTHA
• Mr J. P. MAXWELL, Wellington
• Mr E. MARTIN, Wellington
• Mr MASON, Dunedin
• Mr J. McKERROW, Wellington
• Mr D. McLAREN, Timaru
• Mr & Mrs McLEAN, Wellington
• Mr T. McWHIRTER, of ?
• Mr John MARSHALL, Auckland
• Mr H. J. MILLER, Oamaru
• Mr J. R. MITCHELL, of ?
• Mr W. MOORE, Dunedin
• Mr MORRIS, Dunedin
• Mr MURCHISON, Lake Coleridge

• Mr P. C. NEILL, Dunedin
• Mr NEWBOLD, Napier
• Mr & Mrs NURSE and child

• Mr & Mrs OATWAY, Dunedin
• Mr M. C. ORBELL, Geraldine

• Mr A. PARK, Tasmania
• Mr P. PATTALLO, Dunedin
• Mr PEARPOINT, Geraldine
• Mr W. J. PHILLIPS, Timaru
• Mr J. PIERSON, Melbourne
• Mr T. PINCKNEY, Akaroa
• Mr Robert PRICE, Napier
• Mr A. C. PRINGLE, Timaru

• Mr W. H. L. QUILTY, Napier

• Mr R. H. RHODES, St Andrews
• Mr Timaru RHODES, Timaru
• Mr & Mrs RIDDFORD, Hawera
• Mr W. H. RODNEY, Timaru
• Mr ROLLITT, Ashburton
• Mr ROSS jun., Dunedin
• Mr & Mrs D. RUTHERFORD, Leslie Hills
• Mr & Mrs E. S. RUTHERFORD, Picton
• Mr J. RUTHERFORD, Albury

• Mr J. R. SCOTT, Dunedin
• Mr SCROOPE, England
• Dr SMITH, of ?
• Mr J. M. SMITH, Dunedin
• Mr W. G. SMITH, Makikihi
• Mr P. SPRING, Wellington
• Mr & Mrs J. STEPHENSON, Dunedin
• Miss STEPHENSON (2), Dunedin
• Mr J. W. STOTT, Dunedin
• Mr J. A. SUTTERS, Oamaru

• Mr & Mrs TONKS, Hawera
• Mr B. TRIPP, Orari Gorge
• Mr J. M. TRIPP, Orari Gorge
• Dr TWEED, Ashburton
• Mr A. TURNBULL, Wellington
• Mr TURNER, Mount Peel

• Mr UPTON, Chertsey

• Dr WAIT, Oamaru
• Mr F. WALDEGRAVE, Wellington
• Mr WALFORD, Ipswich
• Mr J. WATSON, Oamaru
• Mr James WILSON, Dunedin
• Mr R. WRIGHT, Hunter
• Mr WRIGHT, jun., Dunedin

• Mr Samuel YOUNG, Dunedin



see also, the guests in Christchurch 1892, at the:
• TERMINUS Hotel
• WARNER's Hotel
• WHITE HART Hotel



PHOTO
COKER's HOTEL Manchester street, Christchurch (1898)
... taken from the site Christchurch City Libraries