He also financed the construction of several buildings in Christchurch, including gifting the city a band rotunda and clock tower in 1929.

[4] He married Jane Irvine on 8 June 1879, and both migrated to New Zealand, arriving at Lyttelton aboard the Waitangi on 26 September 1879.

[5] Edmonds said he first coined the slogan "sure to rise" when he was reassuring a customer that her scones would not be flat if she used his product.

[4] He spent three years perfecting the formula, and travelled around Canterbury marketing his baking powder to households.

[1][2] If the occupants wouldn't buy the baking powder, he would give them a tin for free and would take it back if they were unsatisfied.