CANTERBURY SETTLER’S DEATH

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 221, 4 September 1926, Page 5

CANTERBURY SETTLER’S DEATH

MR J. C. N. GRIGG, LONGF.FM.CR,

Ashburton, Sept. #. Mr J. C. N. Grigg, of Longbeach, died this evening, aged 65. As owner of the famous estate, once described as the world’s model farm, he was known throughout New -Zealand and abroad. Succeeding" his father, John Grigg, in 1901, he worthily upheld the traditions of the estate, which, though reduced in area of late years, has not diminished in fame- Mr Grigg was born in Auckland in 1861, educated at Christ’s College, Christchurch, and Cambridge University. On returning to New Zealand in 1883, he became overseer of Longbeach, acting in that capacity until the death of his father. His importations of pedigree cattle, borsca, sheep and pigs have had beneficial objects on Dominion stock. The first line of Holsteins brought to New Zealand wore imported from Holland by him.

Mr Grigg also owned some good trotters and gallopers, his father having owned Spot, a son of Gentle Annie, the foundation of trotting stock in the Dominion. He took a keen interest in the Ashburton A. and P. Association, being president in 1888-9. It is noteworthy that his father was the first president and his son, MrJ . H. Grigg, occupied thta position in the association’s jubilee year. He was at one time a mcnuier of the County Council, a member of the Fewer Board since its inception, a member of the Meat Producers’ Board and many local and public bodies. In his youth he was a noted arthlete and Rugby player and a keen cricketer. He is survived by his wife, who was a daughter of the late Captain Hutton, curator of the Canterbury Museum, also three sons—J. H. and N. N. Grigg (Longbeach) and G. H. Grigg (Hororata) —and two daughters—Mesdames McDonald (Christchurch) and Shaw (England).