Some Prominent Settlers IN THE Wellington Provincial District.
Mr. WILLIAM BOOTH, like the Premier, is a Lancashire lad. having been Lorn at Pilkingtoji, in tin* great northern county, il 71 BBT. lie came to this colony in IS/ 2. When a young man he occupied the position of cashier to the firm of C. Howard A ( o. cotton spinners, of .Mtinchesrer and Stockport ; hut, having decided to relinquish commercial pursuits, lie Lecanie a student at the Independent College at Manchester, and remained there for five yettrs. preparing himself for his work that was to come ns ti minister of the ('ongregat ional ( hureh. After being in charge of ;i church near the busv town ot I ’rest on. Mr. Booth s health gave wav. and he set out on his travels, which lasted for two years, during which time he visited the Knifed States. Australia, and New Zealand. In this colony most of his family laid Been settled tor some years, and ultimately lie himself was induced to remain here ami re-enter Business pursuits, this time in the timber trade: since which time he has Been actively connected with the local Bodies iti the South Wairarupa district, where his home is. and with various public companies engaged in developing the resources of the district. Notwithstanding his large privsite Business, which, having its centre at Carterton, has Branches tit Wellington find Christchurch. Mr. Booth finds time to continue the service he has for rnanv venrs given to the Carterton Public Library, find to the local Cemetery Trust, thi‘ Dalelield Hairy factory, the South WatTarapn County Council, the (.revtown Investment Society, and Wairarupa Farmers’ Co-operative Association. In Wellington he litis for many years taken a verv active and most important part in the management of the Harbour Board s affairs, and is a director of the Wellington Meat Lx port Company. Since September. 1 Slid, he has also occupied the honourable and higlilv onerous position ot director of thi‘ Bank of New Zealand, in the control of whose a (fairs it is well known he has exhibited an amount ot energy, business tact, and general ability which cannot tail to be of the highest possible value to that important financial institution. Soon alter taking up his residence in New Zealand, Mr. Booth took deacon’s orders in the Church of Lngland, with a view to assisting in building up the Church in the W air.arupa. where at that time the population was verv scattered and the services ot the Anglican Church very inadequate. Mr. Booth has an intense affection for the land of his adoption, for its magnificent climate and many advantages. Knergy. industry, find thrift have aided in securing for him a good share of this world’s goods find a large measure of success and happiness generally for this very worthy colonist and his family
Mr. It. L. BLCKKTT. of Marion. Bangitikei. comes of u good old Yorkshire county family, of whom his cousin. Lord Orimtliorpe. is i lie head. Mr. Beckett s father was educated for the army, but was recalled whilst on his way to join his regiment in India by ihe death of his father. Not liking to leave his m il her. he resigned his commission, ami tumble' his attention to law. was duly called to the* bar. and carried on an extensive Chamber practice in London for many years. The subject of this notice, th-mudi of Yorkshire extraction, was horn in London in 1 Ndd. and educated a I the London I niversitv Col I eye School. After spending' some time in a merchant's ofliee in Mark Lane. Mr. Beckett came out to the colony in I lie year IS7B in the K. P. Uouverie. and started business at Marion in i lie beginning' of 1 S?o as an auctioneer and general merchant. lie was afterwards joined by Mr. Hammond, of York Larin, the linn carrying on business for sonic years, when Mr. Ilobt. Dick became u partner, an I si ork-auet ioneering was added m the business. After a while Mr. Hammond reiired. ihe business being carried on bv Messrs. Beckett and Hick. The latter, having taken up land at A pit i. left the linn about four years au'o. and ihe
business is now carried on us originally started, except that Mr. Beckett has continued the stock - a net ioneering branch, which, under his personal management, has proved hitrldv successful. Sales are held reuudarlv at Marion. Ilaleomhe. and 11 unterville. and are largely patronised by the settlers. Mr. Beckett lms always taken a livelv interest in I eal u'overn meat matters. Lor three venrs in succession he held the ofliee of Muvor of Marion : and has also been chairman of tin- Mu mm nil i Hospital Board and. for ten years, u member of the Manyanui Lduentioii Board. lb* is at present a member of that very important local liodv tin- Banu'itikei fouiny Council : and is also lion ora rv secret ary of the M art on doekev ('lull. lie ha- on several occasions been asked to contest the Banu'itikei electorate. but has preferred to devote the whole of 1 1 is attention to his business. lie has a preltv residence on the Wellington Bead and a line sheep-farm of 2 UK) acres in the Pemberton district. Mr. Beckett was married a few years ago t o Mrs. Lli/.abeth .lane Belt, daughter ot the late Mr. Boliert Belt, of Marion, and has four children one son and three daughters. He is one of the best, amateur actors in the colony, and at one time took a very active interest in furnishing dramatic entertainments in aid of local objects.
I nrimately connected with the latter-day ]in n't'ess. espeeiallv commercially, oi the town of Wa ncanii i. is Mr. AbLNA N 1 > L B HATBILK. mereha ni of that place, and owner of i he fine steamers which now trade reu'ularlv between Wanganui and Pipiriki. and w hich luive been of such notable service, not onlv in fost-ring' a remunerative upriver trade in produce and general merchandise, but have I'unl I'ibmrd in no small degree to attract the tourist trallie to this end of the North Island. Mr. Ilatriek. whose natal place is Ballarat "The (lardeii City ot Victoria. is still quite a voting' man : lie was Corn in ISAS, which, considering Mr. 11.'s achievement s. is a ridiculously recent dale, and at lhe age of fourteen, with the elm met erist ic independenee of tin’s young Victorian, set out to make his own living. In IS7o. having' received sumlry glowing accounts of New Zealand from a schoolfellow. he came over to this colony by Ihe once fast and favourite 5... I linen, and at once set to work in a lendiny iron foundry in Bunedim The practical knowledge lie acquired during llm next live years has since been of ureal sendee to him. being specie liy exemplified ill his shrewd selection ot the verv Cesl class of steamer required for the successful navigation of the shallows and rapids to be found on the Wanganui Bivcr. In I SSI) Mr. Ilatriek moved up north and commenced business in Wanganui in a very modest wav. and with verv small capital at his back, as a produce dealer. In live years time Ihe business had assumed very considerable proportions: and its owtiri'. inking Lort tine bv the forelock'. courageously l; iu: i e 1 11 ‘d out and built large premises on Taupo quay, the scope of his business being yrnduallv increased until il included all liranehes of general meirl ui nti ng and iniportinu'. In ISSp. us an auxiliary to his ever-increasing business. Mr. Ilatriek purchased from Mr. Martin Kennedy the wellknown iron barqnent ine St. Kildn. to run in the direct trade between Wanganui and New South Wales, in which she has sincebeen profit a I ily employed. Hu ri tig t lie great ma rit i ill" strike Mr. II at rick had an especia Ily u'ood in nine's with his smart little vessel and netted a verv satisfactory profit out of her. Still further pushing ahead on the road to prosperitv. Mr. Ilatriek. in ls!t()-!)|. took the important step of ordering a specially suitable steamer to lie built in Lngland for the W'n m_r;i nit i up-river trade. This was the now well-known and popular river-boat Ihe Wairere a sjieedv and eomniodioiis little vessel, built entirely out of steel by I lie famous firm of ') arrow A' ( 0.. and now very wide I v and I a vora Id v known. At the time Mr. Ilatriek launched out in this new venture. tlm opinion of not a few Manyanuites. not al d v t ho>e to whom tin- term "old stayers" would not u rireasonu Lly apply, was
that he was making' a ureal mistake, that his venture would end iu disastrous failure, mill so forth. But the results of Mr. Hetrick's enterprise nmplv sustained the optimist ic cha met er of his ant icipat ions : for so fin- from the venture proving unsuccess I 11 1 • the verv contrary has been the ease. A jiiru'e end vea rl \'-i nereasi ng tourist trallie lies Been attracted, the settlement of the up-river count rv has been most mu t oriel ly a-sisted. end much direct end indirect benefit. not only to the courageous initiator of the enterprise, but to the business people of Wanyamb generally, has undoubtedly ensued. Not hilly succeeds like success. It is end "Id savinu. but one wlios- truth is daily beinu' exemplified in e young country like this. Not only did the W'eirore speedily induce end comm and e big t rede, but the freight end passenger I re flic rapidly assumed such proportions as to warrant the onterprisinu' owner in ordering' a second steamer' the Manawai. which was built in Lngland lilid put on the M'anu'anui at a cost ot over fjhMKI. She is a most commodious boat, with peculiarly handsome littiuus. and admirably adapted for the purposes of river naviyat ion. At the present t ime a Ih i I'd but smaller steamer is beinc built at Home, beinu' speeiullv designed to work the river In w a mil Pipiriki to a point some I 2i» miles fro m Manyanui. Al l oget lie r Mr. Ilatriek claims to have invested over L' H».(««» in I lie openiiiu'-up of the Manu'uiiui. and has il lid on llted I v deserved I he -111 ist a lit ia I success hc has achieved. In add il ion to his oversea and up-river shipping' intere-is and to his large wholesale business in \V a n u'a 11 ui. Mr. Ilatriek has two branch stores inland, and in conjunction with a younger brothel owns and works a line run near Llthatn. in Taranaki, of some 2(10(1 odd acres. Ill's business in t e rest s have. t h roi iy 1 1 'heir i a riet and mauaiit tide, necessarily heen his fir.-l care. Inn in local and public nibairs lie has neverthess taken a keen interest. For some vears he was a member ot t he W aliga--11111 Boi*ouu'h ( oit 11 ed. a 1 h I he ha > 1 1 e* - 11 .i member of the Wanganui Chamber ot ( ommeree since iis inception in ISM*, and has occupied Ihe pos 1 1 io 11 <> I ( h a 1 1' 1 11 all 1 liel eol . ||c has also been a mcm ber ol the Wanganui Harbour Board for the past eight years, and at the last election of members ol that liodv was returned at the head ol Ihe poll. The full extent of Mr. I lat rick’s shipping and business interests in Wanganui may be u'a uu'ed bv the fact that his monthly wayessheet amounts to the very respectable total of L'2oO. 11l ISS7 Mr. Ilatriek wa- married 11 , Mis- t'arr. a Dunedin lady. Mr. CULLMAN PHILLIPS, of " Tim K mill." Peat herst on. a gent lemun who f, , r wars was the part proprict or and malla u er of tie- Dry Biver Lsiate. Waira-l-apa. and who i- well known 1 h roil u'liol 1 1 [ic- whole district, was born at llm pielul‘e sq 11 e| v sit till led little watel'ill g - p I a e e lit We \ 1 11 oil t 11. Mi lil e ( oil 11 1 .V ol Dor.-et . 11l !he vear Is |(i. beinu' llm third son of Mr. Mark Phillip, of Briuht on. fidueaied at Bristol. Mr Phillips came out lo tlm colony when he was eighteen years of aye : and lamlinu' at Auckland in Istil. loiaimd the Second Waikato Beu'iment. seeing nnmh active service and gaining the ijueens medal 1 herei'or. He got a military land grant, but. soon took up a prominent position in eonnee t ion with tlm Waikato St. earn Xa \ iga t iou Companv. In 1 SC.S he settled inOnehunga. and afterwards resided tor a time at the Thames. In JS72 Mr. Phillips went down
u, - i lit- I sl;i in Is.” Mini on his return from Fiji ;i it:i nm‘i I for ;i loan of f 10.001) from tin- inrirlmii s of Auckland lo ilia! dusky hut vi■ r\ interest iny potentate, Kin,”’ Tl l a kom 1 1 a 11 : tin* money enahliny t lie liioila rcli i" consolidate liis power over the r< »n ]>. which lio aft orwanls liamloil over i,i i in' Itrili-li (i i i\'i 'i' 11 i 111 a 11 . In 1 < I Mr. |’h i 11 i j is. who t hrouyhout his folmiial i-aivcr has 111-on remarkable for 1 1 is versatility, j,a ssi ‘i I 1 1 is o\a mi i ui! ioi i a s a ha rrist or oi tin; Supremo ('miri of Now Zealand. 1 a IS ( o hi- | u'ov ii loi I a si oa m -serviri ■ liotwooii Auekla in I ami Fiji, ami look tliolirst steamer i 1 11 1 Star of t lir South dowti lo tho Islands. Visit iny Knuland in 1 sTh. Mr. Phillips was (Tol l'll iho post of llritish I'onsul al Samoa hui i loci inei I the protVorod honour. I! ot iri ny from the practice of his profession, ho came to the Wairarapa in the year 1*77. .and buyill o .a sliaro in the Dry diver last at c. did lunch o'i hn I service to the landless settlers hv est ;i hi is Ii in u' small laians at Matarawa, | talelield. Kit it it wat. and Kaiwaiwai. In Is< I I Mr. Phillips yave up the run. retaining'. however, his residence. “The Knoll,” and resinned practice ot Ins profession. Purine his occupancy of the Dry River, Mr. Phillips proved himself possessed of ureal eneryv and oryanisiny power, and made a host of friends hv his thouyhtful kindness and puhlic spirit. lie can truthfully claim to have hern largely instrumental in start iny t lie daily industry in ,he Wairarapa. estahlishiny in ISSI. we uiiu'lit a dd. what is said to have heeii the lii-st co-operative dairy factory in the A US- , ralian colonies. lie also introduced some v , .|• v line stock especially Ayrshire aim FDsia n cattle to the Wairarapa. and he has worked hard to secure t Ii" eradication ~(' Die rahhit pest. Mr. Phillips claims t.o | j., \-,. hcen a joint oriyinat or. with Sir -lames <>f Dm Wellinytoti A yricult tiral Show : and ii is worthy of note that the jirsi l"l ui' sliei']i frozen and sent to Knyland from Wei 1 inyl • m thy the Lady -locely n ) in ISSl! came from the Dry River Fstate. In manv wavs Mr. Phillips has practically assisted the dairv farmers ami lVuit.-yrowers ol' the district, and has been a yood settler all throuyh liis Wairarapa ettreer. He has been prominently connected with several public bodies : has been, and is still, an active ami much respected member ol the New Zealand Institute, and as a writer has produced several contributions to .scientific and yeneial literature which tire of considerable and permanent interest and value.
Dr. IiOHT. EAHUi of Wnuyanui. is not onlv one of tin* oldest and most respected medical practitioners alony rlie west coast of this island, hat lie is one ot the most popular men in the district. for thirty voars he has been most intimately connected with the manayrment ol the oldestablished and prosperous H anyaniii Jockey Club, of which he has been president, jttdye. .and chairman of e mimittee for many years, his mime beiny always known as that of a true sportsman who loves sport for sport s sake, and who riyidly insists upon t he ut most fairness and yood mamiyement in connection with t lie conduct of raeiny. Ihe doctor, who was born itt Devonshire, came out to New Zealand in 1-StiC) by the yood ship Wevmoufh. wdiich brouyht out the < ook s Straits cable, and landed at Wellington on •July It h in that year. He settled in W'anynnui and filled t he onerous posit i m of suryron jli ch a ry< ■ of the \\ anya nu i Hospital at the time of the ."Maori War. He still practises his profession, and is esteemed by all who know him. whether as a medical man. a sportsman, or in his private capacity as a ki ml - hea rr ed. yood eit i/.en.
Mr. ./. I>. STKVKXSO.N. President ami •Chairman of’ the M'anyanu i Chamber < > f Commerce, and a very popular local busi-ness-man. was born at Chisyow. and arrived at Wanganui on the Ist Mtty, 1 Sol. by the topstiil schooner Ariel, owned by his uncle. •Captain John MeCreyor. of Kawti Kawa. Wanganui. The vovaye occupied between live and six months, the vessel calling :it Wellington on the way up for provisions and tin overhaul. There was no wharf at Wanganui in those days, and the vessel was moored under Shakespeare s Clift to trees growing beneath the cliff. Wanganui had then no fine buildings; indeed, an ordinary wooden house was a yreat rarity. 1 he both Regiment occupied the two stockades, and most of the residents lived in toi toi whares built in the Ntuive fashion. .Mr. Stevenson saw some stirring times dtiriny the .Maori war. When cptite ;i youth he took u]> arms along with his fellow-settlers ayainst the rebellious Natives, and was Stationed for a time tit Stewart’s liedoubt. near Mr. John Royer's farm. He was one of the partv who volunteered to go out to Mr. Hewitt's farm tind secure the body of the unfortunate owner, who had been murdered by Tit okowaru's men. Mr. Stevenson did military duty at the front until the (iovernment secured the services of a regular force; and since then has been occupied with commercial pursuits, carrying on a very extensive business as a general storekeeper and wine and spirit merchant. In the public life of Wanganui he has always -taken an active part, and hits held a number
of hiti'ldy oner ms and honourable positions. Koi - many years previous to rlio estahlishinciit of (’harira 1 >le Aid Hoards. lie was secretary to the local lieiievolem Society. ;in <! lies ;dsn lie, n chairman of tlie \\ ;11 :i - Dili School ('onimittee. llielillier of the \\":111:i?11 1 i Harbour Hoard (for four years), end i.- ;1 1 the j rest m rime id i: tinita nof the (astief •! iff Hail wa v (' ■ 1111 .a 11 v I!,itiiit i■<i ). director of the Wnnianui Has Coin|,;iiiy. and president end chairman of the t'hainher of ('oinmerce. Mr. >t evens >n takes a e-reat interest in musical niatii rs. and has heeti si’i'ivtarv mid t rca-n rer of mnv than one musical society and of various other local inst it tit ions. II" is also a [mom incut and cut hiisiast ie in mi» r of the Masonic fraternity, and has occupied the master's chair of the St. Andrew's Kilwinning l Hodne for several terms. In IS!). 1 ! he decided to make a tour round the world, and visited Australia. Ceylon. Knypt. Palestine. Svria. the islands of the Mediterranean. Titrkcv. (ireece. Italy. ( lerinaiiy. France, and the I’nited Kingdom, ivt nrniti” 1 to New Zealand by way of America, where lie spent a fortnie'hr in visitintr the ('liicait'o World's Fair. In 1 Sjl I Mr. Stevenson married Miss i|e|en I’arkes. eldest daifihier of Mr. Fred. Parkes. of I’inedcan. one of Manitanuis oldest and most respected resiihmis. ('onia-cied .almost all his life with Waniranui. Mr. Stevenson is one of its most prosperous and respected resident s.
M r. S.\ M CHI. IK U/n >N. of ( tote. M'oodvillo. and ;i yentleman uvll-known and respected in the I’oi-t y-m i le Hush, was born at < 'nst lomilk. Ha na rksliire. in I N.*> f. and is the second surviving l son of Mr. Joseph ('hetirv Holton, nt Cn rbru ik. St i rl i ii ysh i re ( M . I ’. for St irlinyshire from I S! ti) Is! Hi and chairman of the Caledonian Railway Company). Mr. Holton, who was educated at Rugby. and .afterwards in France and (leruutny. first came out to the colonies in Is7b: and after travelliny pretty well over the world, ret timed to New Zealand and settled down as a farmer in the I‘uketapu Distriet. Hawke's Huy. migrating t lienee to the Rahiatua I )i>t riet in INN!). Mr. Holton has occupied a good many public positions. lie was ('hairman of the l’uketapli Road Hoard for six years, and the year after his arrival in the Hush was elected ('hair man of that important local body. the Pallia! ua Countv Council, serviny in that eapaeitv from November 1 Si! U ) to November lNiff. lie is still a Coiinty ('ouneillor. and takes a yreat interest in all matters connected with local government. He is also Rresident of that very useful institution. the Woodville Farmers' Club, and 1 ’l■ eside ll l also of the Woodville Ayrienlt lira 1 and Hastoral Soeiet \-. both of which positions he Inis oeeiipied for the pnst two years. In I NS 1 Mr. Holton was marriod to Murv Susan, eldest dauyhter of John llindmarsh. of Napier, and yranddauyhter of R ea r- A d m irti 1 Sir John Ilindnitirsh. who was. as ('a pt a i n 11 i ml ma rsh. R . M .. the iirst (lovernor of the ('olonv of South Australia. Mr. Holton has a family of nine children. The Hon. FRANCIS A R K W 1! 1(111 T. M.R.C., .and a well-known and popular settler in the Ranyitikei distriet. was horn in INK), and is the son of the Rev. (1. Arkwright (by Frances, dauyhter of Sir 11. Fit/. Herbert. Hart., of Tissinyton. Derbyshire) and great great grandson of Sir Kiehard Arkwright, tlie famous inventor of the spinning jenny. Mr. Arkwright, who represented Fast Derbyshire (in the Tory interest) in the House of Commons
from IST! t o 1 ,'v- >. ca um out t , No w /•■aland and settled at (Merton, near Matron, in the 1! a n y i t i k e i. in I ss j . II ■ c >: i - ■ s 1 R a 1 1 y i - tikei in the bib, ra I interest in I ayainst the late Mr. M a -arthur. beiny d- i'"ated by thirty-five votes. Mr. Arkwriyh: is much liked 1 1 v all classes i a t h • di<* ri r wherein he has i n tide his h , t m. He : s a yri ‘.at student of litetanure. and possesses -me of the finest private libraries in the colony. He is also all cut husiast ie c h ess- play er. and was mainly instrumental in the formation of the 1 !.a n yi tikei Chess (dull. lb l has been twice married : lirsl. to boaisa. dauyliter of Mr. Henry Milbank tmd Rady Mary.aret Milbank : and second, to the lion. Kvflvn Addinyton. dauyhter of the third Viscount Siilmouth. As our readers are aware, lie has heeli called to a s-at in the bey is hi t i Vo ( 'on tied. Mr. W. W. M i CA II DbF. whose name will alwavs lie remembered t h ruiirh ,ut the Fort y Mile Hush as that of a yeni letnan to whose efforts the openiuy-up of that line district to set t lenient was principallv due. was born some fifty-two years ayo in the Ciniiitv of K ir kcud briy h t sh i re, Scot land : and. as the son of a farmer, had in early life much to do with sheep a I 111 cattle, thus laviny the foundation of a practical kno wled ye which was destined to 1.,- of yood service to its possessor when he was once set t led in the land of his adoption. At the aye of lSyomiy MeCardle left Scotland for the Mritnin of the South, and landed at byttelt m ill I Slid. After workiny for some time as a shepherd, the y.>uny c Joiiist took to the oce it pa i ion of a yardener. and was o 11 _ ytiyed as nurseryman in (’ h rist cli u rcl i until I -Slip, when h<‘ left for Du lie, | in. start iny business in the (lien, just over the South Hell from Dunedin. In ls?b lie sold out. and coniiny up to the North Island, commenced business as a niirseryma n and seedsman at Masterion. and soon beyun to take an interest in local yoveriiineni matters, beiny elected a member of the Masterion School ('on i m it t ee the yi'tir after 1 1 is arri vu I. In IN,(> a meet iny was called bv Mr. R. Drown, now Town (berk ot Masterion. of all persons wishiny to take up Crown lands. Mr. MeCardle attended the meet iny and pointed out that the provisions of the band Act then in force were not encoit rayi n y to settlers on bush lands, uryiny amendment of the Act in the interests of workiny settlers. the outcome of which, so Mr. MeCardle claims, was the passiny of the Deferred Payment band Act of I s? 7 and its amendment in IS/!h The .Masterion men formed a Small Farm A ssoeiat ion. of which Mr. MeCardle was elected chairman: and beiny appointed to inspect lands in the Forty Mile Hush, the subject of this notice
reported in t'livnnr of taking up ;i block just where tlic town of Pahiatua now stands. Tli.‘ association laid a nicndicrslii]! of li< M>. and over H< M i other persons were anxious to lie enrolled should land enough he available. A reipiesr made on behalf of the wonld-he settlers by Mr. MeCardlo and Mr. A. \V* lleiiall for a suitable block o! land was met with but scant courtesy by the band Hoard, who. by way of reply, informed the association that if intending small-farm settlers wanted land, they must be content to take up second-class land only, and not the best in t lie dis i riot. An indignation meet in it was bold at Masfrton and the original association disbanded, the members formintr t hemselves into a band deform Association. Mr. Met anile, assisted by Mr. I). Mellreyor. .addressed meet inys t hroiiyhout the district, ami a petition to Parliament was widelv signed lor redress of the grievances of the would-be settlers. The result of the ayita--1 ion was that the band Act of I 577 was amended in ls,!i. I’lie new Act. however, as Mr. MeCardle points out. was a deadhater so far as the Forty Mile Hush hands were concerned, until what are now known us the l’nhiatua lands were thrown open for settlement. Mr. Met'ardle had not been idle, and continued to a rye the settlement of our lands under the Act. until in ISSI success crowned his long and untiring ellorts. t lie I i rst block of land be ill y set t led in ihe Hush under the Deferred Payment Act in that year. Ihe lony dela v. however. had discouraged iiianv of the oriyinal members ot the assoiuat ion. some leaviny the district and going to the bnited States and elsewhere. Me may mention here that the Pahiat uu township was oriyinallv l.aidollt by Mr. Met'ardle. who. Veal'S before t he land around Pahiat uu was sold, had uryed the ( i over a 111 en I to lav »IT a township at that place. In I sff Mr. Met'ardle was elected a member of the first Horotiyh * olllieil. of which lie eolit ill lied to be a member until lie left to settle in Pa h in! ua - about the year ISS b Me was also a member of the I owns bands Hoard, and duriny his term ol olliee brought forward tlm first lease ever prepared in the colonv. yiviny the icimiii pay ii le 1 1 1 in I’ll 11 lor all in i pro cements ellected. I his was yiveli elfeet to b.v a private bill amending tlm Masterton Trust bands Act. Mr. .Met'ardle was also a member of Ihe Park Trust and a member o 1 the Master! i ill School ('o I n 111 itt ee. bei n y largely instrumental in yeitiny the present line public school built. For mu n v veaiv. a ls< >. he was a member of the North W'airarapa County ('oiineil. Tlm Alfredton b’idiny. for he which sat as a eotineillor. was in time divided and a new riding formed, to which Mr. Mel ardleyave [| m na 111 e of Pa 1 1 ia 111 a . lie also ynt Pahiat uu declared a Hoad Heard, and was the first chairman thereof. One of t lie lale Mr. Ha Ila lice's first acts when he took o'dieo as Minister of bands in the (!rcv (lovernnient was to appoint Mr. Mc( 'ardle a member of the Wellington bands Hoard, the connection with which lasted eiyht Vrtil'S. duriny which time Mr. Mel'ardle was ever an enthusiast ic champion of t lie small settlers. lie claims, also, that it was upon his advice that Mr. H.allanec initiated what is known as the Village Settlement Svstem, tlm plan being decided upon on the late Premiers way from Wellington to a Native meeting at (b'evtown. Altlioiiyh in later years the personal friendship between Mr. Ha Ila nee and the.subject of this notice was darkened through a m isnndcrst aml iny. Mr Mel ardle declares that he will ever reverse the name of .John Hallanee as one of the truest friends the small settlers of the Hush ever had. Mr. Mel’ardle. whose connection with public life has a I wavs been most intimate. was elected some veurs ayo a member "I t lie \\ idlin yt on Fdueation Hoard, of which he is Still a member. lie has on three occasions i a idea von rei I to ya i n a scat in the llcii.se o| h’eprcse mat ives. but without sueeess. At Ids first attempt he contested tin* Masterton seat with Mr. ( leorye Heethtmi. and gave that in ueh-respeet ed yentleman a very close run. At the next election, and again with the approval of Mr. Hallanee. Mr. Mel'ardle stood for the new Hush seal. Wood vil ]e. beiny defeated by Mr. W. ('. Smith, who had left his old const i t lie ne v of Maipawa. and who received t he (lovernnient support. At the succeed in” 1 election lie wtis asked to stand .ayain for Masterton. :md decided to do so. At the request, however, of Mr. Hallanee he withdrew from the conflict in favour of Mr. iiogg, who was returned
At the last election he contested the Masterton seat with Mr. Hogg. as a protest, so lie informs us. at his beiny replaced in the band Hoard Hv another yentleman whose knowledye of land-sett lenient quest ions was, so Mr. Met'ardle maintains, inferior to his own. Mr. Met'ardle has always been a Liberal in polities, and claims that he lias spent the best part of his life in forwarding" the cause of reform. lie holds advanced views on nuiiiv subjects, such as a State Hank and State paper currency. lie is ayain standing - for Parliament for the new Pahiat an electorate, and will. In jocularly says. " make the place a hot one for his opponents ” : but before perhaps these lines are print we shall know, says he. " how far my favourable anticipations are justified." Ml* Met'ardle was married in ISlili. at Christchurch. to .lanet C. Martin, second daughter of the late Captain .lames Martin, owner and commander of the Margaret a vessel built, by the way. at Kaiwarra. Port Nicholson. and which was lost with all hands on her first trip. Mr. McCardle is still in the prime of life, and is :is full of energy as ever. lie has done the State much good service in his time, and hopes to be be able to do much more good work in the cause of hind set t lenient .
Mr. Mil. LIAM KI) M' AR I > IUDM'ILL, sheep-farmer. !•'<ll herst on. is a gentleman whose 11n 1111• is well known i 1 11■.>llli' 1 1<)11 1 tho North Island ;ts lliai o|‘ a keen s|inrism:tn ami vitv papular racehorse owner. Mr. Lidwill is i lio second son of i lie late Mr. ('. R. Hidwill. one of the old identiiies in the M’a ira ra [»a . and llie tirst setter to take stock out to the district. The M'airarapa was in these days without roads or railroad, and it took Mr. Hidwill. senior, fully six months to yet his stock from Wellington to his station, a track having to he cut ninny the coast, i'hi I’alliser Bay. Considerable success .attended the farming ventures of Mr. Hidwill, senior, who died in INST, leavintT a line property of some IB.CK.KJ acres. Mr. W. 11. Hidwill was horn at Piliautea in I S.iN. and was educated ;it the Rev. St. Hill’s sehool at Crofton. near Wellington. and .afterwards at that, important secondary school out of which so many line, manly yoimy New Zen hinders have heen turned out to do credit to the training they received namely, Christ’s College, Christehureh. After leaving school young Mr. Hidwill got an insight into commercial life through the medium of an appointment hold in Messrs. Levin and Co.’s oilico. Here lie remained for t hive years, and then, after taking a trip round the world to further expand his experiences, he settled down to the peaceful and prosperous pursuit of a sheep-farmer. II is propertv at Ror.otawai consists of some 0000 acres of splendid land, upon which arc some of the finest sheep and cattle to he found in the M’airarapa. Mr. Hidwill is an ardent sportsman. and has bred and owned some tirstclass stock in his time. lie is a member of :1 1 i the principal racing clubs in the district . and is chairman of the stewards of the M’airarapa Racing Club. He also takes a keen interest in the affairs of the Wellington Agricu Rural and Pastoral Society, of which he was at one time the president, and in connection with which he still does good service as a member of its committee. Mr. Hidwill was married in 1894 to Miss Edith Mildred Rhodes, youngest daughter of Mr. Joseph Rhodes, of Hawke’s .Hay.
Mr. GEORGE HUTCH I SOX. so well known to all students of New Zealand politics as the member for Patea, was born in Aberdeenshire in ISSO, and up to the age of fifteen was educated at public schools both in his native Caledonia and in Ireland. With the rest of the Hutchison family he arrived in Auckland in the year ISfio, his his first experiences being in journalism, to which, however, he did not long remain at_ inched, relinquishing Ids early affection for the Fourth Estate to study for the legal profession. After a course <>i study at tin* "University of Otago, he passed Ids barrister's examination in IS/-1. and was duly “called.’’ Settling in Wanganui. Mr. Hutchison established a legal business which has had considerable success. Mr. Hutchisons skill <is a pleader, both in civil and criminal cases, being well known. At the general election of ISS-I ho came forward as a candidate for Wanganui, but was defeated. Throe years litter, however, he it gain sought parliamentarv honours, and. standing in the Liberal interest, defeated Mr. John Bryce for the Waitotara seat, a petition against Ids return being not sustained. Since then fits political career is well known to our readers. Mr. FREDERICK HII AI) V. J.P., is a well known and much respected settler in the Pahautanui district, where he owns soul manages an exceptionally line sheep-farm. Mr. liradv was born in London in ISNB, and arrived in Wellington with his parents, in the ship Adelaide, in the year INI<). In PS-PI (a* went to the Old Country with his father, but returned to the colony in the following year. Ten years biter, in ISO2, lie went over to Australia and spent a couple of years in goldmining pursuits, returning to Wellington in ISdf. In the following year he took up hind in the Pahautanui - Porirua District, and started as a sheep-farmer, tin occupation he Inis followed for over forty years. In various capacities and on different occasions Mr. Rrady has occupied several very responsible and honourable positions, and at present gives a very large share of his valuable time to
tin 1 service’ of the public. In t he year I-S/2 lie received his c<miiiiissi<>n :is su 1 >-1i(-uteti:tnt in the Raliautaritii Rifle \ oltmteers. ot 'which lie was appointed lieiitenant in IS ( R and captain conimartdiny in IS/;. lie has also filled the position of vice-president ol the Wellington Ayricultural and Pastoral Association. Tn the year 1 KS2 his name was placed upon the Commission of the Peace, the duties of which he still fulfills. Mr. Brady’s connection with the various public
bodies of the Wellington district is at the present time very groat. He is a most useful member of the Wellington Fducation Board, and his personal knowledge of the district and of the requirements and interests of the settlers servos him in good stead in his position its a member of the Hurt Countv Council. He is a member of the Wellington Harbour Board, the Wellington Technical School Committee, and of the Diocesan Synod of the Anglican Church, and he hits done much ami specially good and useful work in connection with the Benevolent Trustees Board, the Wellington and Wairarapa Charitable Aid Board, and the District Hospital Board, of each of which bodies he is a member. Mr. Bradv was recently asked to allow himself to be nominated as a candidate 1 for this year’s general election, but declined the proffered honour. In bSbb he was married to Miss Agnes Stuart, the daughter of Mr. Richard Stuart, who arrived in the colony in the ship Birman in the vear ISI2. Mr. and Mrs. Brady have, besides three daughters, four sons, who are married and settled on farms in the Pa ha ut an u i district. one of them occtt py - ing the position of chairman of the school committee, and another acting as honorary treasurer to the same body. Mr. Brady is an excellent stamp of colonist, a man who has by his industry and energy built up a fine proper! v. and one who is ever ready, at the cost of no small personal sacrifice of time and money, to devote himselt to the service of his fellow settlers.
Mr. WILLIAM lIFNRY 11 L LT 11 A M . .!. P.. of " lira ni.'rpi’i h,” Masierion. was burn in Yorkshire in the lirsi year of the present reiyn, and was educated at Reverley. lie is ;i son of the late Mr. William licet ham, of the Mutt, and arrived in Wei 1 ittyt i m in 1 Sod by the ship William and .lane. Mr. licet ham. who was one of the earliest settlers in the Wairarapa district. is a member of a well-known firm of past ora I ist s. his partners boiny his brother, Mr. 11. II .lieetham and Mr. T. ( Williams, the linn owniiiu 1 the famous Hrancepoth run. the Annadale esttite. and other properties. Mr. lieetham has always taken a lively interest in local •rnvcrunirtit. For some years he was chairman of the Wairarapa North County Council and of the Masterton Road I loti rd. a lid st i 11 oeett pies a seat on the former bodv. lie is also a prominent member of the committee of t he Wairarapa A. and PA Association, and is [(resident of the Masterton A. and P. Society. In ISSO Mr. licet ban was married to a French ladv the dauyhicr of M. Frere. of Piccardie. Mr. 11. IJRI’CK. whose name is almost ;i household word in the R a n i_r i t i k«■ i. is a Scotsman by birth. Itaviny been born in Fast Lot Ida n. close to the r it i ns of Ta it t a 1 lon Castle, the croat st ronyhold of the famous I)o 11 <_£' 1 as clan. where " Plaid-: Amies I) <> 11 c’ I a s kept the Kiny of Scotland at bav. with .all his forces, for four months. In consequence of family reverses Mr. Plaice's parents moved on to Ireland, sett liny in the County of Cork, when the subject of this notice was in his sevent h year. I n Ireland }]f. Pruce spent the ne.M seven years, and then an adventurous disposition makiiiy itself irresistibly felt, he went to sea, sailing as a midshipman out of the port of London in a vessel bound for the Pastern Archipelayo. Whilst still in his teens, he subsequently visited New Zealand and tried
nis luck on the goldfields, but that capricious hid v. Dilute Fortune, proving niggard lv of her favours, both here and on the Queensland goldfields, lie returned to the maritime profession, never, however, seeking much alter material advancement, but wedded purely to his mistress, the sea. bv a passion for seeing the world and making personal acquaintance with countries of which he had as a boy so loved to read. lie shipped for this or that port, sailing mainlv in American ships, and in this wav visited many parts of the world, and laid in a stock of knowledge of countries. men. and manners, which, added to the results of a perfect passion for good literature, has contributed to make Ml. Bruce an exceptdona Ilv well-informed gen tieman. and educated him practically and veil for those important positions in public life which it has been his lot to occupy in the count rv of his adoption and permanent home. For two years Mr. Bruce sailed on the great American lakes Erie. Huron. M ichigan, aml Superior. Eventually he decided to setttle down, and came to New Zealand for the second time in the year 1577. taking up land in the I’arneknret u district, where he worked hard at subduing the bush and making a home for himself. For six years he toiled away almost incessantly. and then look a trip Home, working his way before the mast from Sydney. (In his return to the colony in the following year ( 1 ■'“•S I-). he was returned as a member of the House of Represent at i ves for the Rangilikei. for w hich constituency lie was
a an i n ret it rued tit the elect ions of 1 NN7. In Ist Ml Mr. Pruce was defeated bv Mr. Ceoryc lluichison for the Waitotara electorate, and in the follow i ny yea r by Mr. Felix Mayttire for Lomotil. At the bye-elect ion. however, which was neressit a t ed by the death ol Mr. Maoarthiir, Mr. Pruce was ayain returned for the R a nyit i kei ; but at the last elect ion. in I SDR. he d id not stand. lie is now a ca ndidat e for t lie Manawalu seal. Whilst a member of the House Mr. Pruce was a personal favourite with his fellow members whatever their pnrtv, and he was honoured with the special esteem and confidence of the late Sir Harry Atkinson, and other chiefs of the party to which he helonyeil. lie is a staunch Freetrader and supporter of the present system of education, a horn orator, and a ye title man of much yen in lily and natural courtesy of manner. Mr. Prime is a areat reader, and possesses a line liternrv taste. As a patriotic Scot he is an intense admirer of the national poet, and has on several occasions been selected to deliver speeches on the life and works of Purus, the latest biecnsion beiny that of the pnrns ('eiitennrv banquet, when he si 111 pi V electrified his audience by his eloquent and t hotiyht fill tribute to t he memory of the poet. Mr. Prime is unmarried. g 1 [ Mr. T. W. FISH HR. .1.1’.. is possibly i he most prominent man in the Waitotara district ; without hc' is one of the most vorsatip- a in I popular. Porn at the ancient borotiL’h of Kiiiy's Lynn, Norfolk, and educated at Folkestone. Kent, lie was lor a short time in the employ of Mr. Sherwood, of the latter town, hut in I S(i I came out to the colonv. arriviny in Lyttelton in that vear bv the ship Indian Fmpire. He came up North, and yaininy colonial experience on a farm in the W'anyanui district, entered first the emplov of Messrs. Hurley and Ctninabell, storekeepers, of W'anyanui. and afterwards that of Mr. Fdward Lewis, lit Turn-
kina. A I»: > 11 1 i wi'iiiv years ago Mr. Fisher purchased ihe til I .si st ore est id dished in Wairi it iim | imiv i'n ri'ici I i m 1 1 v Mr. A . W . ( urry ) . nnd jitter :i few venrs of storekeeping sturrcd in his present husim-ss nt’ limd mid native ;*<_;•(-lit. A fliti'iil Maori linguist. mid well acquainted wit It mid very popular with tin* Niitivcs. Mr. Fisher is greatly trusted by t liein. mid is charged by the Furopcan lessees of Nn t i ve-n\v tied lmids ill I lie disi riel with i lie dm yof [my ing over i lie rein s. Mr. Fisher occupies n sntnll Imsi of [iidilie | k isil i( ni s. nnd lie is eliniriiimi of i lie \\ ;iiliHu rn Mon 11 -1 in k i I Jo; id I limn I. n me m he!' ot Ihr I‘; 1 1 i'n County ('oimeii. n n lein I >er of I lie Dioeesmi Svnod of I lie Wei I i 11 -I on diocese, mid ;i Justice of the I’elice. lie Inis iilso 1 >(-(‘ll n nl e 111 1 id' o| I lie I ’at e: I I I ill'l )i 111 r 1 ’ii nil'll mid chiiirnimi of i lie locnl sclmo] eoimu it t cc. mid wus for some time n meudier oi the Wellington I, unds I’lonrd. Must ertoii is ;i standing mi.d striking example of u lint tic I 'll I el'l Il'ise lII' the i lest clnss of colouists cull effect, when right I’ll i red ed. The Wn i riirii ]hi i'll ]>it :i I 1 1 : is id ivuys I ice -1 f;i HI ( His for lln ' [lidilie S] li l'i t 111 111 lucid patriotism of its most prominent citizens mll om_;'s! whom Mr. ( i K< 11 ’(■ f. II HID >N. the | il'i 'Sent Mmol' is lint the leiist noteworthy. Like SO ninny other colonists who lime pushed themselves to the Iron! by dint oi enei'Ltv. ind list ry. mid t liril't. Mr. 11 cron (mils from the In lid o| the sh: i u t_r\" lieiith ( ule(loiiiu. stern mid wild lim itin' Leon horn in Korfii rsh ir>■in lln ■ yen r!Sft ). Mr. II (■ run nil his first dose of " colon in I i xpet'ienee" in the Nelson province, where he did Ids share in con: pH-l'i nir the forest, mid other roiiglt-
;i nd-rcad v work niiiinrlril with llic l;i il< l;i I >l( • object of j i i-i ■[*; i j-i 1 1 ■_» tin' way for set t li'ini'iit . Aft it ilir< •! ■ years in Nelson. In- 111 i <_!)■! 1 1 < -I I to Wtiniiiui. tiinl spendiny ;i year tln-re lie went ihiTo t lie \\’; t i l11‘: 11 >;» in I NOS. l'\ >r soi iic seven veal-.- lie 111; i n l'i 1 11 \ tackled various kinds of count rv work, and eventually eoniii icnei'd I nisi in 'ss as a dealer in corn and owner of a tl l n 's 1 1 i n y- n iael iin e. Seven years aye lie set t led down to yi •n i -ra I si on■ kee|ii n y in .Mast ei'i nn. where lie has a host of friends, and where he is the subject of HI Ill'll public and pnA'tite esteem. For nrarly sixteen years lie lias I iee n a iiii'iiiljir a I in* *t i - o 111 inll on sly of the Mastertnii Ijorouyh ('ntnieil, and has oeetijiied the honour;tide and hiyldy responsible position of .Mavor for the past three years. .Mr. Ileron has tilso done yood Service as a meiidier of t lie local school committee, anil has taken a yreat interest in the management of the .M tisterton Hospital.
Mr' JOHN COTTKR. of " Siberia," Asliurst. n gentleman wliosr uuine is well known as that ot a very popular settler, ti genuine ■‘sport." and all-rotitid ii'oml colonist, was horn in the year 1 Sod at Wellington. and was edtu-ated first at the public school and afterwards nt the Rev. Mr. Herring's private school, and at Mr. Mantell's (Iraniinar School. Deciding upon the' eotintrv life which is so niticli in keeping wit li Ids liahits. he rook charge ot his lather s run in the Wairarupa district, which lie managed for seven years, during which rime he took a prominent part in athletics, the turf, making a considerable reputation for himself as a gentleman rider. In IS7(> Mr. Cotter married a daughter of Mr. 11. H. Jackson. Stonesread. Wairarapa. and began farming on his own account, buying a property up the Wanganui River. This lu- sold out of :1 1 a remunerative price, and
then bought and sold a second farm in Ihe Wanganui district, finally settling in the Manawatu district in lSill on the propert v now well known as " Siberia, which at that time was virgin forest. Here he has remained ever since, taking a prominent part in local and general polities. and giving personal and valuable assist a nee t o all movements calculated to advance the district. Mr. W. T. WOOD. Mayor of I’almerst mi North, is a Tasmanian by birth, having t i rst seel! the light of day at the picti i rcsi pie ( -i t\-< > f 11 oi iart in the your 1 s.> I. As a youth Mr. Wood was apprenticed lo the trade ho now follows, that of a shoeing and general blacksmith for a term I 'i five years. All erwards Im >taried in business on his own a, •count, leaving Hobart for Dunedin in | S7l. There he remained lor about live rears, having for some time control ot thr smith work on the section of railway Let ween Deborah Ray and lilueskin, under Ihe contract held by Mr. Job Wain. The Kiiinara diggings breaking out. Mr. Wood •■trekked," as the South Africans say, tothe West Coast, mid established himself in his own trade on the Held. During his residence in Kumara Mr. Wood took considersiderable interest in local affairs. He assisted in the formation of the local tire brigade, and was foreman of the hook and ladder company ; and held the posit ion of brigade lieutenant at the time he left tor Palmers! on North, where he arrived and commenced business at the cornet of hungi-
tikei mill ('aha streets in I S7‘d. .Mr. Wood had I ie lotia'i 'i I to the f )ih I l'el lows. Manchester (' nit v. in Hobart and Kumara. and conliiiued his interest in friendly society affairs in the Manawatu. In ISM) he started the ] j() val .Manawatu Lodye, 1.0.0. F.. M.L., takiny t he ollice of \'iee-( irand ; and 1 i 11ii>«y- in order the principal chairs in the Lodye, be-
came Provincial (Wand Master of tin.- Wanganui district in INS 6. lit* is still a mend,or of the Lodge, of which he is one ot the trustees. He also started the Oroua Lodge, U.A.0.D.. in 1883, being appointed the first Arch Druid: and was elected the first dispresident of the Order of Druids. He has also a-sisted in the foumlation of other lodges in the district. Mr. Wood was one of the first members of the Palmerston North Amateur Dramatic Club, one of the founders of the local Fire Brigade; is a vicepresident of the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association, the Manawatu Macing Club, the Manawatu Cycling Club; has been a member of the school committee for several years, being chairman thereof for tin* past three years; and has also held the office of churchwarden and served as a vestryman of All Saints' Church. He entered the arena of municipal polities in ISSI. being elected a Councillor for No. 1 Ward, and held the position for several years. In IS!).), togothei with three other candidates, he contested the mayoral election, being defeated by Mr. W. Park: and in the following year was again unsuccessful. In lSflo, however, he ran for the mayoralty in opposition to Mr. C. M. Snelson, who had been Mayor on several occasions, and secured the position by the largest majority recorded in the historv of the borough, the polling also being - the highest on record. Mr. Wood, who is greatlv esteemed in Palmerston for his manv good personal qualities and is much respected as a public man, was married in 1861 to Miss Klh*n Jolly, eldest daughter of the late James P. Jolly, who was one of the earlv pioneers on the Wes < oast of the South Island.
There is not a hotter known settler in sil 1 the Wairarapa than the gentleman 'wlio.se portrait appears herewit In Mr. W. C. BUCHAXA.V, M.11.i:.. has been so lone and intimately connected with the loeal bodies in the district, with the great pastoral industry in which lie is deeply interested, ;tnd with public organ isations and institutions of one kind and another, that it is small wonder that the member for the Wairarapa should lie looked upon bv nmiiv its a personified embodiment of tin.' district itself. Mr. Buchanan his Christian names are William Clarke is a Scot bv birth, hailing from A rgylesh i re, where lie first saw the light in the year ISMS. Kdticated in his native country, and later on in Greenock, Mr. Ibichanan came out to the colonies, as so many good Scotsman have done before and after him. to seek his fortune in the new world ’neat h the Southern Cross. 'This was in ] N. 17. First lie visited Melbourne, and for six years or so made practical ac< piai n t a nee with pastoral life in Victoria. In ISfid he turned his attention to New Zealand, and eventually settled down for some eight years as a farmer on the Canterbury Plains; after which he came up to the North Island and purchased what is now the Tupurupuru station in South Wairarapa. where he has lived ever since. II is station, originally rough land with a good deal of bush on it, is now in a high state of improvement, and its owner is known far and near as a pastoralist who is an expert as to breeds, and who neglects nothing that care and capital can effect to maintain the tame of his propert v tittd his stock as being- the best in tindistrict. Mr. Buchanan goes in largely for root crops for use its winter feed, and his “freezers ” fetch top prices. In connection with local Government Mr. Buchanan has
done good work for his fellow-settlers. He has been for many years an energetic and most useful member of the South W nirarapa County Council: has also, for some years, occupied a seat on the Wellington Education Board, and has been intimately identified with the W airarapa and East Coast A. and P. Association, of which he has been for some wars president, a position he still occupies. One of the first sheepfarmers in the province to practically recognise the enormous value and importance of the meat-freezing industry, Mr. Buchanan was the principal promoter of the Wellington Meat Export Company, a substantially prosperous concern, of whose board of directors he was for some years the chairman. and of which he is still a director. I he parliamentary career of Mr. Buchanan is well known to our readers. Entering political life in ISM. he has on live separate and successive occasions been returned as member for Whtirarapa. M r. Buchanan is in politics what we New Zealanders call a Conservative, and was a staunch supporter of the hire Sir 11 arrv A t kinson, although in ISSS the protective tariff introduced by his chief was too much for his (Mr. Buchanan's) allegiance. Since the death of Sir Harry Atkinson. Mr. Buchanan has been a stout and sturdy, not to say highly aggressive. Oppositionist; but. personally, he is as popular wit'n his fellow-members on the (iovernnient side of the House as with the devoted few who during the past three sessions have clustered together round the honourable and gal In tit member for Hawke s Bay. A shrewd, sensible gentleman, with much of the caution which is part and parcel of every good Scotsman's natural heritage, a kindly-hearted, public-spirit ed settler. Mr. Buchanan is deservedly popular. He is unmarried. Mr. A. D. W'l BUS. M.11.M. for Wanganui, was born in Middlesex in the year IMA. his father being a Scotsman, a native ol Edinburgh. and his mother an English woman. Soon after the birth of the subject of this notice. Mr. Willis's father died: and on t Indent h of his mother. Mr. Willis, with that pluck which is one of his most salient ehara et erist ies. worked his passage to the then little known colony ot New Zealand, landing in Auckland by the ship Dinapore in ISoT. with no m her capital but his brains and a determination to compter all obstacles. A printer by trade, he worked in various parts of the col oi i v. and was one of the originators of the now floti fishing- journal, the I In "•/,•( A- Hull Ihrnhi. When the rush broke out to the goldfields of (lingo. Mr. Willis hied him away to the famous (iabriel's (lullv ; but Dame Forfune proving nonr Inn kiml to 1 1 i l n. 1 1 e (p l i t t ed liis lemporarv occupation as a digger and wisely determined to return to his trade as a printer, to widen he has ever since remained faithful, Some thirty years ago Mr. Willis went to Wanganui with the object of starting a newspaper, but the Native troubles up the coast had just broken out. and lie no sooner arrived than lie learnt that he had to be sworn in as a militiaman. In conjunction with the late Premier. Mr. John Ballanee. Mr. Willis was the founder of the II it ti'/n n n i Ihrnhi. which speedily nude a name for itself by t he vigour of its leading art ieles and the enterprise displayed by its conductors in procuring the latest and accurate news us to t. he Maori war. For some time Mr. Willis was in partnership with Mr. Ballanee, and tin* close pel's and friendship between the two gentlemen was onl v terminated bv Mr. Ballance's great I v t < > be lamented decease. Since ieav-
ing the Hrrnhl proprietorship. Mr. Willis has been in business as a printer and stationer. his shop being one of the finest of its kind, not otilv in this province, but in the whole of the colony. With characteristic enterprise, Mr. Willis a few years ago commenced the manufacture of playing cards. Christmas and birthdav cards, in which he now docs a very extensive trade. He has one of the Idlest lithographic plants in Australasia, and last year made a trip to England, the Continent, and to America in order to procure the latest and best machinery. A successful business-man. Mr. Willis has for many years been closely connected with public life in Wanganui. He was a member of the Wanganui Borough Council for many years, and was largely instrumental in securing a reserve of 12( )< > acres for the town, and. in conjunction with Mr. J. C. Sharpe, in having the town streets planted with trees. ()nthe Harbour Board, on which he has served as a member for some voars being at one time chairman of that bodv he has done excellent service to the town, and it was very largely due to his untiring- efforts that grants were got from the (i overn men t to el’b -et t lie i m provenient of the navigation of the Wanganui Uiver. and thus open up the fertile country in the interior. <)n the school committee and in connection with several other local inst it ut ions. Mr. Willis has also done good work. lie has also taken a great interest in volunteering 1 , and indeed is ready at all times to assist in the development of the town and district, and in the mental and phvsicnl improvement ot its young- men. () 11 the death of Mr. lull la nc.-, Mr. Willis, who for many years had been the late I’rcmier’s right-hand man in local political matters, was elected .Member lor Wanganui. being- re-elected in IN! 13 by a large majority.
Mr. MLYKIi C A S L L B LII G. the most prominent of Masierton business-men. and well known throughout the Wairarapa and Wellington, is a Bole by birth. Born in ISM, Mr. (’aselberg was educiited ill Hngland- that home of nd'uge for so many of his oppressed count rymeii. and came out to the colonv in I Slid by the ship Sir George Bollock, landing at the Bluff. Two years were spent in Invercargill. Mr. ('aselberg then micrai i 11 g to the North Island and settling in the Wairarapa. Ill’s first - venture was ill l'V;il hersloli ill I si )S. the business — that of a general store --being shifted to Grevtown in the following vear. Coder the st vie of ( 'a sel berg A' C 0.," the I nisi ness was pushed further afield in IS7 L when Masierton became its head-ipiart ers. the (irevtown business being. however, eontinned. I II Isflg the two businesses. together with Messrs. .Joseph Nathan A - Co.'s store at Tinui, became merged into the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-opera I. i ve Association— an exceed i ngl v prosperous institution, which now possesses br.'inehes at GrcyI own. Carterton, Pahiatua. Fketahuna. and Tinui. together with a butter factory ai Kopuranga and a cheese factory at GreyluWll. The business is of a most extensive character, the yearly turn-over being something enormous. and ever ninety hands are employed. Mr. (’aselberg. though first and foremost a business-man, has always found time to assist in the developmeni in the district by local bodies, and in other directions. For three successive years —I NK.j, LSfSB. and ISS7 he occujtied t he honourable and onerous position of Mayor of Masterton. the improvement during his term, and for which he was largely re-
.sponsible. inel in I i m; 1 flu* establishment of gas-works. the aequisit ion of a now building m serve as Council Chambers, librarv. and reading-room. and tin' procuring of a sioam fire-engine for rho uso of rlio niunioi])al brigade. Previous ro his mayorship of Masrorton. ho sorvo<l t liroo years on rho borough Council. and has also boon chairman of tho Masrorron Hospital and Masterton School ('onnnit I 00. lb 1 has also boon intimately connectod wit h public affairs in (irevrnwn. having boon a chairman of tho (ireyrowti School Committee and of the Waiohine Hiver board, treasurer of the (irovtown Hospital Committee, and member for the (irovtown riding in the first Countv Council. Mr. Caselberg. who is great lv respeered ;ind widely po]mhir, li.as been twice married, first in INHS to a daughter of Mr. Mark Marks of Melbourne, the issue being seven children, and secondly, as a widower, in ISD2 to a daughter of Mr. Hnlph Keesing, of Auckland. by his second wife Mr. Caselberg lias three children.
Mr. F() \V I, FP . of ” Thornyral't on," Fowler's, and a well-known and popular settler in the Kiwitea District, was born at Halt whist 1 1 ■ in one of the northern counties of Fnyland in Is I I. and landed in New Zealand some twenty-three years ago, coming out to I lie co Inlt V ill the ship ll.aleiolie. Mr. Fouler is a saddler bv trade, and carried on business oil Fa mb; on-i pta v. \\ el Ii 11 ton lor a few vears after his arrival, lie afterwards became a licensed victualler, eom.l net ing hotels at Maslerton. the Manawatu (forgo, and then at I! irm i n glia m. Kiwitea, taking Up his res id en ee at the last -It I e 111 ion e d place some nine vears ago. the district being then almost entirely covered with dense bush. Mr. Fowler ha- now retired from business. and with his wife is at present on a visit to the (> I d Country. He has always taken a keen interest in the advancement of Kiwitea. and is widelv known and much liked by his fel low-set t lers. 'Three of his daughter.- are married to set t lers in the Kiwitea District - namelv. Mrs. I). Howie, Mrs. I). Melieth. and Mrs. 11. Fowler.
Mi-, .mu n craio m< kki: row. of i;r»o----kaiie. ( in-vimvti Nun li. ami a vcrv popular Wairarnpn s he< ■p-furmer, was Imi-ii in i in’ land o' Mums in Ayrshire, to Mo particular —and lived in that count y and in Dumfrieshiro. being engaged in farming the large family estate until, in 1572, lie came out to the liritain—or some think we should call it tin- Scotland -of t lie South, landing in Dunedin, Mv the well-known Xew Zealand trader Margaret (iallirait.li, in -lanuaiT of the following vctir. Without, much loss of time he took up some MOOD acres of hand near Titnaru, ttnd, during the five years he spent there, did very well. Reverses fol-
lowed, however, and in INS(> he came up to Wellington and went into partnership with Messrs.Wloseph] and Wright of the Happy Valley estate. Filter on he started business on his own account in the City of Wellinyton ;ts a land and estate agent, and having acquired, in INSO. the Cruokaite station, his present property, removed there .about a couple of years ago. The station, which comprises a portion of a block originally taken up in IS.Vj by Messrs, llirsehbery itnd Mitchell, is from 4000 to bOOO acres in extent ; the land being well fenced, subdivided, itnd hiylilv improved. A portion of the testate is devoted to feed crops, the rest of the land being grazing country. Mr. MeKerrow has a tine flock of from 7CXX) to 10.000 crossbred sheep, and some 200 head of shorthorn cattle. Whilst a resident of South Canterburv, Mr. MeKerrow evinced considerable interest in local affairs, being a member of the Timaru Hospital Committee, tin 1 South Canterbury Hoard of Education, the bevels Hoad Hoard, itnd the (ieraldine County Council, and President of the South Canterbury A. and P. Association. lie is also a -I.P. Always taking a keen interest in polities, Mr. MeKerrow has, however, declined more than one request that he should stand for Parliament. He was e member of rho llorowhonua Commission. He has been twice married. A verv genial Scot, whose hospitality it his homestead is of a most generous nature. Mr. MeKerrow is exceedingly popular with his fel It iw -set t lers. Mr. CIbHFHT CAKSIIX, .1.1’., Wanganui, i> not a New Zealander by birth, but he had a verv narrow escape from t hat honour, for he was born at sea. on board the ship .lane (Hlford. about a fortnight before that vessel arrived at Auckland. This was in the year I S Ilk his parents
liaving emigrated from Scotland. In Auckland Mr. Carson was edueiited, and there, in the old \iir Zi'ii I ii ini r r ollice, under M essrs Williamson and Wilson, he learnt his trade ns a printer. lie gave such satisfaction to his employers that, completing his apprenticeship in ISAM, he was shortly afterwards allotted the important position of manager, and this lie held when the offices were destroyed My fire. Mike so mniiv other voting Aucklanders, he served as a volunteer during the Maori war. and assisted at the building of the Wairoa redoubt under Colonel I,yon. 1 hiving- seen active service in the Wairoa and elsewhere, he received the war medal. About. hS(>7 he proceeded to \\ el I ingt c m, where, for a period of seven years, he held a position as compositor [a ml I hr nsii i'll reader in the Covcrnineat Printing Ollice. In MS7-1- lie purchased the II 'n rii/ii ii n I Ch ran iclr. with the control and management of which he has been connected ever since. lie has edited the paper for some vears, and. wielding a facile and at times a very trenchant, pen, has been a factor of no small importance in the settlement of liianv loca i questions. The ( h I'on rclc is a strong Opposition paper, and its editor a firm supporter of the old Atkinsonian part v opposes the Liberal (lovern niont with great energv ami determination. On four successive occasions Mr. Carson has stood for the Wanganui seat, but on each he suffered defeat, his nearest, approach to victory being on the second occasion, when lie got within thirty votes of the kite Mr. Ballance. He is again contesting the seat this year against Mr. Willis. Mr. Carson has for many years past taken a very active part in local government in Wanganui. He
is the oldest sitting member in the ]>resent Borough Council, and for three consecuuive vears occupied the position <>i Mayor. He has also been cliairman of the Wanganui Harbour Hoard. Wanganui Hospital Hoard. Wanganui Public Library. In matters educational he ha sa 1 ways Ta ken a special it it el eM . He has been a member of the Wanyanui Education Hoard lor some years, and is now chairman of that important body, as also ot the Hoard of (lovernors of the CirlsM 'oil eye. In religious and temperance movements lie is also m the front. A member of the baptist Church, he frequently tills the local pulpit of that denomination, and is a regular attendant and much-valued adviser at tlm annual baptist conferences. A life-lone- abstainer. he is a most: outspoken and persistent champion of the prohibition cause . and as he is an excellent public speaker, his services are easterly sought after by promoters of chinch gatherings and temperance meetings. Mr. ALFRED M ATT 11 E WS. of Waioromtomai. Featherston. is the son of one ot Wellington's earliest settlers, who came to the colony-in the ship London in the year 1842. and who lived for some time on a run at Palliser Hay. a property still held by the subject of this notice. Horn in Wellington in 184 d. and educated in the Empire City. Air. Alfred Matthews left the Palliser Hay run on his marrying. and took up his residence on the Waiorongomai estate, to which he succeeded on the death of his father. Mr. Matthews is a yent lonian of great public spirit, and has always taken a keen and yoncrous interest in the progress and prosporitv of Featherston: indeed so many public institutions in that township have benefited hv his liberality, t hat lie has been jocularly called the patron saint of t lie place. He is chairman of the Featherston Bond Hoard, an important public body with -which lie has been connected tor upwards of twentv vears. and lor some fourteen years has been a very useful member of the Wairarapa South County Council. lie
lias also served liis fellow-settlors as president of the Wellington A. and P. Association. memlier of committee of the Wairarapa A. and P. Association, chairman « >1 the South Wairarapa River Hoard, chairman of the Featherston Literary Institute Committee, vice-president of the Wairarapa Rifle Association, and has been connected as patron, or in other special capacity, with so manv athletic and other clubs that their bare enumeration would take up more space than we can afford. He has been director of several companies connected with agricultural, pastoral and other industries. notable tint Wellington Meat Export Company. He is a most generous gentleman : the land upon which the Featherston Public Library is built is his free gift to the township: and the hospitality shown to visitors to his homestead at Waiorongomai is proverbial. Mr. .JAMES DUIGAX. editor of the 1 Vanya uni ITcruUl and a prominent figure ii the public life of the prettily situated town on th(> noble Wanganui river, is a native of Kingstown. County Dublin. In consequence of ill-health (a lung trouble) lie left Ireland in 1850 and sailed for Tasmania in the barque Philip Oakden, of which his father was captain and his mother a passenger. Educated at the* Ret. Ohailcs Price’s Grammar School, Launceston, he
had amongst his schoolmates Mr. L. Hutton, now M.11.1L for Auckland : Mr. W. S. Reid, the present Solicit or-( ieneral : Mr. Cresley Lukin, now edit >r of the /vYc/C/e/ /is l. and many otlmrs who have since a 11 a i tied liiyh 1 v i m port a lit and honourable positions. After leaving sclmol lie enyayed in a bewildering variety of occupations. from that of a t elcyra plroperat or to " sailorisiny." land-surveying. and last, but certainly not least, journalism, one of his first' loves to which he remains staunchly true. In 18(57 Mr. Duiyan was enyayed by the New Zealand (iovernment (on the recommendation of the late S. \\ . MeCowail. Superintendent of \ ictorian Teleyra]dm. and the first. it i~ said, to i n i rod i ice the " wire " to Australia! to assist in working the Cook Straits cable, he haviuy had previous and special experience in this direction on t he first Tasmanian cables. In 1872 Mr. Duiyan left the New Zealand Teleyra pit Department and became proprietor and editor of the 117; ii'/n n hi ( 'h run id r. The venture was financially successfully, but the old limy t rouhie. which had in boyhood s days broilyl l l him out t'i the colonies, compelled him to relinquish ofl'me work and take to outdoor life. lb- therefore joined Mr. -lolm Rennie in the frown brewery. Wanyanui. Inlying his partner out in the next year. In 1 SS() Mr. Duiyan sold out of his brewery and purchased the Wanyanui Steam Flour Mills, which lie still owns and maun yes. Since i lie aye of lb Mr. Duiyan had been connected off and on with the I’ress. haviuy contributed to tin 1 Millin' .1 / r i mi 1 1 c/’ Mini, the Melbourne Ilrrtihl. Melbourne I’unelt. and . \ h.<! rn!ii.<m u in Victoria, and to many journals in this colony. In 1 88 I lie was appointed editor of the W'ii in/ii n >i i Ilri'iihl. and remained in the editorial chair until the end of |SS7. when Mr. Rallunce resumed his position of editor, again surrendering ii to Mr. Duiyan in t he beyvnniny of ISitl. Mr. Duiyan .--till holds the position, his viyoroiis leadiny articles and able control yenerally having contributed in a very hi rye degree to make the Hrrulil an influential and highly popular organ. Some vrars ayo. Mr. Duiyan. with characteristic energy. set himself to work to float t lit- Wanyanui Meat Freezing foinpanv. Much apathv and many serious obstacles had to be vanquished, but success tit last crowned his efforts, and the company is now in a prosperous position its operations being of signal value to the graziers of the district. Mr. Duiyan has served three years as a borough ('ouncillor in \\ anyaniii. but has since declined public honours. lie nevertheless takes a very prominent part in local and general politics, beiny a stalwart Liberal and a keen debater. He was married in 1871 at Hriyhton (on the West ('oast (midfields) to Mtiry Emily, second daughter of the late Charles broad. R.M.. Cohlfields Warden, the issue of the marriage beiny seven dauyhters and six sons, twelve of his children still living. Lieutenant -('< >l< m<‘l EDWARD ( d ) R I ( > N. youngest son of the late Rev. R. (lorton. Rector of Hadinyham. Suffolk, was born in 1,82,8. He was educated at Marlborough Oolleye : and in January. 18.7 b. before he was 17 Years old. was gazetted Ensign of t lie Essex Rifles, a militia reyiment embodied during the Crimean war. In June he passed his military examination tit Sandhurst. and in July was yazetted Ensiyn of ILM. 59th Reyiment. and was sent out to India in 1557. He was Actiny f Adjutant, Quartermaster, and Paymaster for some time of a wing of that regiment, in which
the promotion at that time was so rapid that he became a Captain within five yearsin 18(5(1 lie exehanyed a> a ( a plain to ILM. 29th Reyiment. which lie joined at New I’lvnioiith. Taranaki, in |8!51. lie married, in April. 18:5:!. a dauyhter of the late Mr. .1. Stephenson Smith. ( r >wn Lands Commissioner there, and intended seirliny in Canterbury : luit war broke out in May. 18(54. and he received the app'intmelit of extra A.D.(’. 1 > !,ieiii.-l iener.-il Sir I*. A. Cainernn. and in t hat capacity was present n! the action of Katikiru. for which lie received the N.Z. War .Medal, and was mentioned in despatches. In July. 1 8(54. when he was only 2b years of aye. he was appointed to the com ma ml of tlm Welli nyt on. Wairarapa. and ('astiepoint militia districts at a verv critical time. The following- oxtract from a letter to Dr. Fea'herstoii to him spenks thus of his services I here : " When Veil assumed the command there were not m ore than two or t h ree com pa n ies of Volunteers, and the stale of our relations with the Natives was exceedingly critical: but volt, in a verv short time, organised ; | fnree of some Ibiio men (Militia and Volunteers), and bv your tint iriny exert ions soon broiiyht the whole liody to a very high state of ellieienev. Personally. I shall ever feel yrateful to vmi for the valualile assistance vou were at all times ready to afford me in mv endeavour to preserve the peace of the Province : and more especially lor the promptitude with which, on one occasion. when the Natives in the Wairarapa were on the poim of rising, you enrolled and tinned the settlers, and thereby prevented the t h re,a I rued attack. In (Icioher. 1815 b. he was given the command of the Wanyanui Militia District, to which was for a time also added that ot Ranyitikei: and when the Imperial troops were withdrawn in 18(58 he took over cut ire control of t lie Colonial ('om missa rial on tlm West ('oast, taking the Held under Colonel Whitmore temporarily, for three months, as Acting Qua rt ermast er-( imiera 1. It was there lie first initiated his system of feedi ny I mops in i lie field, w hen light iny. by coni rad. 1 hrowiny I he whole resp msibility ot keep-
iny up the supplies on 1 he coniraeiors. and llius saviny an enormous loss hy waste in war to the country, and toed iny the troops better and at Id. per head less than was paid bv t lie Imperial troops. At keleoiietea. when Colonel Whitmore (now Sir Ceorye Whitmore) decided to take his troops at back of Mount Eymont. it was absolutely essential that sou mime should go overland in New Plymouth toarrnnye to semi rations to meet the Force. Lieut .-('olotiel Colton volunteered to do this. and. with the Native e'uides. he rode hv the Leach to New Plymouth. passing for some miles through the enemv's country, completed his eon t raei s at New Plymouth, and sent tin- provisions required. returning to Keteonetea within four days a distance of about 180 miles. In March. 18(50. lie was appointed Inspector of Defence Stores for the Colony, and went to Wellinyton to assume those duties: and in 1871. when the Public Works Policy was broiiyht into force he had the inspection and audit of all the civil stores added to his duties, and on the a hoi it inn of t he Provinces later on the stores in connection with the gaols, asylums, and hospitals were also added. In 1878 the Colonel, finding that tlm Oovernment of the day did not give him the support that was so essential to the success of his department, decided to resign -which lie did. on the Ist January, IS7B> after over fourteen years’ hard service, and joined Air. John Stevens in a live-stock
aucti.emeriti y business. which, as lime rolled on. increased to such an extent that, in ISK2the Colonel th-.uiyln it prudent to divide the business, he retaining' that ]>ortion north ot t he I iron a Kiver. and t aki tty his eldest son into partnership. The luisinesss is now carried on liv ( 1 orr on A’ S. ni. t lie firm linvill y sale-yards ;11 eiyhr different places, the principal cards heiny at Leild i ny. the son now ably wieldiny tin' hammer in place of his lather. Limtt.('olond I l iri'iii was for a short time (di,airman of the Hulls Town Hoard .and a member of r lie I! amyit ikei Tow n Hoti rd. Hut lie was compelled to yive up those duties through pressure of liusiness. lie ts now the senior M ayist rat ein his count y, and is President of i he Lanyit ikei Karine- (dub.
Mr. A. \V. IK )<;<;. Mill;, for Masterton. was bill'll in Clasyow. Scotland, on l'Vl>. St h. IS lb. II is parents and relatives were islanders, and. t hottpii born in the city, his childhood was spent in the neiyhboiirhood of Loch Lomond, with whose lovely scenery he is familiar. At twelve, in a commission merchant's oflice. lie was tryiny to solve the somewhat dillicult eiiiyma how to live independent I v. dress well, and attend l lie A ndersi hi ia n f’niversitv on L'lo a year. Lel'ore lie was a year older In- had discarded tlie parental roof, and was followiny up the e-old-rushes in Victoria, leadiny an advent it runs life on the cold I i e I < Is. and as diyyer. m i n i tic-ma ntiLt'er. storekeeper, and journalist, adnptimy himself to every situation that presented itself with the versat ilit \- of a n animated ka leidoseope. I went y vettrs nyo lie descended on Utuyo. and encoll tit eri ny- a ell i 11 i lie reception in Ihinedin. dived into a ballast-pit. helped In construct a railwav. joined a survey party, made an excursion round the Sounds, and finally joined the literary staff of the <)tayo (i mi i'll in it. Lor some years he was i-npaped in journalism in the South I sla nd. conduct - j 11 y the / t u tirti / // . h/c. . I s/i /o/ /"/e / / ,\lil 1 1 , a t id Sniilh ('ii n/ri Lu i ij Time*. I- ift een years apn he crossed Cook Straits, took up his residence in .Masterton, and commenced a journalistic campaign ayainst the landmonopolists in the editorial columns of t he Win rn rn/in Shi'. Lea viny t he edit orial chair, he presented himself on the political platform at the yen era 1 election of I SSf. Defeated but undismayed, he made a second attempt three years later, and just squeezed himself into the parliamentary arena. This vantayo he laryely improved at the last yeneral election, when he scored a majority of 1:200 over his opponents, and became the recipient of several purses from his constituents. with whom he has been steadily yrowiny in populuritv from the day that lie entered political life. Mr. 11 oyy is a consistent Liberal, has always been an advocate of land, electoral, and fiscal reform, and is a staunch supporter of the present (lovernment. In the town of Masterton. when- lie resides with his wife and family, he has id wa vs taken a lively interest in educational and socin I movement s. Mr. DAVID L L I (' K. of Palmerston Non h, is a well-known and much respected settler, who is ver v prom i nent 1 y eon 11 eet ed with the local bodies of the Miiniiwat.il district, is a New Zealander by birth. liaviny been born at Karori. near Wellinyt on. in IS-1-S. \\ lion he was four years of aye. Mr. Luick’s parents removed to Ketone, where the subject of this notice was hrnuyht up. beiny educated at the Presbyterian denominational school, Lower flint. Mr. Luick’s name is intimately connected with the earlier history of Ketone. lie took an active pal t in the
formation of the first Ketone Town board; and was also one of the founders of the Wellinyt on Woollen Company. When leaviny Ketone in ISSoto take tip his residence at Palmerston North. Mr. bnick resiyned the followiny pnblie positions: first lienrenant Ketone Nav.-tl Artillery, memlier Ketone Town board, and director of the Wellinyton Woollen Company. Mr. Lniek's name was placet! on tlm Commission of the Peace in ISI I. Since his arrival in Kalmerston North Mr. buiek has taken an active part in public matters. lie was for some time chairman of the Lonyburn Lreoziny ('otnpany, ;tnd at present holds the followiny positions: Chairman. Manawatti Road board; chairman. Manawatti Drainaye board; chairman. Manyaonc Liver Hoard : president. Lalmerston ('aledonian Society ttnd Palmerston Loot hall (dub: and steward of tlm Manawatu Kacitty (dub. Mr. 1 Click is now si mutiny us nn I tide pen dot it can did a tit for t!i - Palmerston scat in the Mouse of Represent nt ives.
Mr. |>.\Vll> CHKWK. one <>f I 'ii 1 1 in t tins most ] >]•( >grt - ss ive : 1 1 1 ■! prosperous businessmen. wits I K > rll ni Dudley. Worcestershire. In Ciu-lv life lie was engaged in mining engineering. : 111 d lour y e;i rs (being n cel t ifi- (...) led 111111 1 11 engineer) lield llie 1111 ] K H‘t 11 It t position of ni:ilinger of the Windmill Knd Collierv. in his tint' ive district. In ISD), having married in that year, he decided ii | Ml n ehi i gra t ion to New Xealatid. and with his wife du I v came out and settled in Maslerton. where, for about seven years, he was engaged in dairy farming. lie settled in l’ahiatua in INN f, and has been very successful in the various business enterprises with which he has been connected. .Mr. ( rewc now carries on a very extensive business as an auctioneer, having a fine freehold twostore v brick a net ion mart in a very cent ral posit ion i also co minodl 011 s moi k-\a ld s. lie has. also, stock-yards at Kketahiina and Makuri. sales being conducted regular] v at , | l( . three places. In ISUI .Mr. and Mrs. Crewe took a trip to the ()ld Country, where he entered into some important business connections which have been ol great value to him. lie holds some very good agencies in addition to the auctioneering business. Mr. Crewe has occupied a number of important positions on the local bodies of the district. lie was one of the first chairmen of the I’ahiatua Hoad Hoard, of which In- continued a member when it became merged in the I’ahiatua Town Hoard. lie was also a member of the \\ airarapa North Count y Council (for the l’aliiatua riding), and is now a member of the I’ahiatua Horough Council. lie has also occupied the positions of chairman of the local school committee and of the Paliiatna Cemetery Trust.
Mr. RORFRT SMITH, of Onslow Hark. Pahiatua. is well known in the Forty Milo Hush distrioi and throughout ! lie province of Hawke's Hay. of which lie was lor many years a resident. Mr. Smith was horn at A Hornet liv. I nvernesshire. on t tie loth Sept • 'lll her. Isl / . ; I lid was odueatod at a grammar school in that parish. fellowSf I tool nia tos of Mr. Smith wore, wo mn.v add. Mr. John Mol rne. a Maitarapa slteepfarmer : Mr. Any us St tin rt. Wol I inyt on : Mr. M vies Campbell. whose iirtieles on stock and veterinnrv snip,eels arc well known to renders of t In- Mvtt. : and hast, hut certainlv not least, the lion. John McKenzie. M inister ol' hands. The family name of hot h Mr. Smith's parents was Smith. and were krona'lit up on farms. I n t Imir young days, however, as Mr. Smith informs us. no Knylish was spoken in the 11 iyh hi lids, and lienee the name Smith was not known, the Highland name "(low heme used. Later on.when Fnylish hey,a n t o I>e tati gh t in the schools, the Highland " ( >ow gave way t< > its Fnylish synonym. Mr. Smith reminds us that in Scott's " Fair Maid of Forth, the (low ”I>nml \ - legy< 'd Smith biltyht with the chan McPherson, when the ehiei of the lat l or. seeing' how his redoti In al >le ; 1 11 \ was smiting- the McKays, called out. ‘"Well done. Smith! " and the story it'oes that t his wits t he first occasion t lint t lie name Smith w;is used. Mr. Smith continues to gives us a few interesting notes on his ancestors: "My mother's father's mime was Tonal Rhitayh (low " lied Ihmald Smith and on his t on l l >st ono is si .at ed that his fantilv wits without a Freak in the same farm 'Croft more’ for over live hundred years. Mv uncles were the most influential men in the district, and my fathers people were ;d so on the same fa rm lor yen era t ions. M v mother, hrot hers, ami sister had a good friend in the nohle chief ol the ('lan <' ran t. on whose estate in Strathspey (my lather having Keen obliged Ipv adversities to leave Ill’s farm) I was horn. I am the youngest of seven sons, and we had one sister. 1 lie FiU'l of Sealitdd (uncle to the Lord Reidhavim who was at one time living' .at (latuaru, and who stood lor Parliament some ve ars ago) took eh a rye ol the whole family, and five of them he took away to the army. The eldest son. John. wln> rose to he a captain in the lioval Artillery, was killed during the Indian Mutiny, and two other brothers met their fate in the Crimean war. Donald also was wounded in the Crimea, and on his return to Fngland got an appointment in the Army 11 os pit a! Corps. (Jregor, after sorviny twenty-one years, was instructor in gunnery tit Slmehiiryness. My remaininy hrother is in husiness as an itn-plemont-maker at Wtinyitrttnti. Nictoria. My only sister also saw a lot of hard service in her time, being sent out hy the London Tract Society, and was on the field assisttiny the wounded and sick through the Crimean war. Throuyh fatiyue tind illness she wtis ohliyed to return to Fnyland . .and after holding an appointment in (1 rev's J 1 osj»itill, London, for three voars, she married, and is now settled in South America.” To return to the subject of this notice, and taking up his record on our own account, we find that he was taken on the Sealield estates as a gamekeeper at the early aye of fifteen, and when only twenty became head gamekeeper on one of the sporting - estates in the district. In IS7B Mr. Smith came out to New Zealand under engagement to Mr. («. D. Hamilton, sheep-farmer, of Hawke’s Bay, bringing out several choicely-
lift'd sheep and dogs: and on the M-aunya-toro Srarion he remained :is manager for ti])Wtirds of twelve yettrs. tifterwtirds leasing the Mtisonic Hotel. Napier. Here he remained for five and a half years, hut nor liking the business, and being anxious to yet back to the fine, free, open-air life of th(‘ country, to which he had been accustomed. he relinpuished hotel-keeping and settled on a very line property of his own of dot) acres, called ( )nslow Park, in the Pahiatua district. The farm is an allvui.nl flat on the Munyntainokn River, the soil being verv rich. With the exception ot a small piece of very picturesque hush tor shelter purposes, the land is all in. grass, and subdivided into twenty paddocks. A fine homestead ol ten rooms, two acres ia ornamental trees and .orchard, combine to make Mr. Smith's home a very pleasant place (if abode. Mrs. Smith, who is just as popular as her good husband, is descended from the (dan (Irani on her mothers side. Her maiden mime was Katherine McOreyor. ami h< 1 r latl n ' r ami lun I >r< it In 1 rs arc well known in the mirth <d Scotland as the firm of Me( I p '<_!'< if A Sons, of the I n ver-( bml on. Rosshire nurseries. Another brother received a line appointment a- ehiei engineer .in an important branch of the CanadianI’aeilie Railroad. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have a family of >i\. the elder of whom assist (in the (arm. the others being still at school. Mr. Smith has taken a laudable iut ere.'t in local affairs since he went to the littsii. Amomjst other positions, he has been chairman of the Tut nek urn School Commit t ee. pr< 'si< lent of the Pa hint tta Burns ( 'lull, president ol t lie P.uhint na Racine (dub. vice-president Hush Ruyby I'nion. life member Hawke's Hay Caledonian Snc jet v. 1i IT me m Her aml stewarJ d theWood- \- ill e .1 oeke v < dll b. a ltd steward of the W ood - ville A. and P. Society. Mr. Smith was asked to contest the new Pahiatua seat at the U'elteral election, alld received oilers 111 verv st rone and verv general support, but determined not to accept the invitation, lie is well-known as a settler who attache.' tlm hiyhest importance to ha vine the best class of stock procurable. His pure-bred Lincolns and pure-bred short horn cattle are famous in the Hush, and with them their owner has been very successful at the local shows. At last year's W'oodville show lie yot twelve first prizes, two seconds, .and two champion prizes for cattle and sheep. ll is. however, in connection with ( 'a ledonia n a ml athletic games (it all kinds that the name of Robert Smith is best known in Hawke s I>a v. and indeed all over t lie North Island. F ron t his \ahi t h upwa rd s Mr. Smith has been a rival athlete, and the list of his successes, of the medals and other more substantial if not more honourable prizes lie has gained, would oeeiipv more space than we have at our ill's postil. When only sixteen years of are he made hi> first public appearance as an athlete at Castle (Irani. Invernessshire. when lie carried off no fewer than four first and two second prizes, being aci -oil 111 ed 1 1 V com pet e 111 authorities the best athlete of his aye in (ire,at Britain. From thence up to 1 s7d he scored victory after viol or v at the Highland ya t 1 1 er in ys : in IS7 1 at Inverness, whilst competing with the best athletes in the country, winning nine first and four second prizes. 11 is masterpiece was the sword dance, and as evidence of his ability in this direction it may here be noted that from ISfifS to IS7- lie was never once defeated in this line, winning fifty-three first prizes for sword-dancing alone. W hen he came to New Zealand he challenged any person to throw a Iblb. hammer, with loft, start given, but the challenge was not taken up. In the same year, .after beating all comers at the IN ai - kora. Havelock, and W’aipawa sports, he met with a fall from his horse, which has prevented his engaging in fetus of strength. At Waipawa. on the occasion of Donald Dinnie's visit to Hawke's Hay. Mr. Smith .and he had a fall each, but the second time the great Scotch athlete brought Mr. Smith down so heavily that the hitter surrendered the palm to his old antagonist. Mr. Smith was the convener of the meeting at which the Hawke’s Hay Caledonian Societ v was set .afloat, and for years was one of its most active spirits. The Society, besides holdiny annual games, pays attention to the good work of education and charity, and is one of the most flourishing and useful institutions in the province. Mr. Smith is a splendid piper, .and his two sons. Campbell
and William James (" Baldie") have gained medals for Highland dancing at Napier. Wellington, and Wanganui, making a trip on one occasion to the South Island, where they carried everything before them. We can add. in conclusion, that the compiler of these notes can personally testify to the respect and esteem in which Mr. Smith was held all through Hawke's Bay. and it is evident from what we hear that Mr. and Mrs. Smith are equally popular in the Bush district where they have made their home. Mr. RORFRT (' <>H H. of " Raukawa." Palmerston North, is well known through, out New Zealand, and also in New South Whiles and other colonic', as a breeder of lloinnev Marsh sheep, for which he has acquir'd a well-ih'served celebrity. He is a Kentish man by birth, owniny Romney Marsh U' hi' natal place, ami was educated at I i aih-ybury Colleye. I left fordshire. a famous Fnylish public M-hool. Arriving in New Zealand in IWw I sheep-fa rni in y at "(loldeu Laud.'." Foxton. in the foil iwiuy year. Three years later he took a trip to the ()hl I'uiinlrv to select the nucleus of a Rouinev Marsh stud thick.
which, in I NS 7. had attained such proportions as to necessitate the purchase of a large area of improved land, event unllv deciding on Raukawa. his present estate, which is now one of t lie most picturesque and lines! properties in the Munawalu. and in every wav a model stud farm, being devilled entirely to pediyree stock. Mr. Cobb w.as one of the half-dozen oriyinal promoii rs of the .Malta v,at u and West ( Hast A yrieu 11 urn I and Pastoral A ssoeiat ion. of which he has held the ollice of vice-presi-dent. He lias also assisted very materially in tlm establishment of the "New Zealand Flock Book." of which lie is one of the mnnayiny council. Mr. Cobb's reputation as a breeder of Romnev Marsh is such .as to need little mention mi our pa rt. lie has sent Sll i p til e 111 s of these sheep to New South Wales and other colonies. and in this colony his name amongst sheep-breeders and exhibitors is one which is held in the highest esteem. Mr. Cobb is president of the Mana wa i u Polo (lull.
Mr. FR F DFR 1C K II FNR V WOOD, auctioneer and stock and station agent, of (Ireyiown. is a verv popular and enterprising business-man in that pretty and prosperous township. Horn in London in INI!!, he was educated at the City of London School at Crovdon. and for a time was in a big soft-goods firm in the city. In IS7(> Mr. Wood left the "City of the ' Big Smoke.' " and. arriving in \ ietoria, spent, in IS7I-. He spent a few months in the
sonic seven'years in Australia. The climate. however, did not ayree with him very well, and lie derided to rome over to New Zealand. a step we feel sure lie lias never rearer ted. He arrived in Wellinyton Hmpire City and then started at (irevtown as tin auctioneer, a business in which he lms been hiyhlv successful. He has business premises in (Irevtown and Carterton, with branches at other places. 11 is stock saleyards at Tararahi include about two acres, besides paddoekiny accommodation, and are capable of holdiny 1 o.()(>() sheep and 20(H) head of cattle. He also owns la rye saleyards at T.auhereniktiu and M.art inborotiyh. ■and does a very extensive business. He has a number of very valuable ayeneies. and is widely respected for his industry, enterprise. and commercial inteyritv. In the municipal life of (Irevtown. and in public alfairs yetierallv. he has .a 1 wavs taken a very keen interest. lie is a member of the local Town Couneil.and was .llavot of (Irevtown for seven Veal's. lie is also the oldest member of the Town Lands Trust, is a past Inaslei'n! I lie local lodye of F fee lit a son s and a member of the Koval Arch Chapter. Mr. Wood is a married man. his familv consist iny of fon r eh ild ren. Mr. .1. (i. \\ !I,S().\. ol bulls, and memlie r for ()ta k i in the last I’arliame tit . and an extreuielv popular Kauyitikei settler. , a Scotsman b\ birth, haviny been educated at llawick in Islb. Kdueaied at Mruce ('astle. Tottenham. and later on. at Kdinbttr.yh. he emigrated to Victoria in D'7o. coniine' over to New Zealand in Is? band, set llitiy do Wl l to s 1 iee p- fa i'll l i 1 1 ill the 11 al l yi - tikei. soon bee,an j,, identify himself with public life. In I SSI lie was a candidate for the IA i\|o|| seal. his opponent S bei lie- no fewer than live I >r. (now Sir Walter) Muller. I)r. .Newman, and Messrs. Izard. (I. 11. Mussel!, and Fra nee. Mr. W ilsoti was elected: and in ISS I was aval'll victorious, this time, however, by tin- narrow majority of two \otes over Mr. Izard. He has continued a member ol the House ever since, his Last victory beiny over Mr. Donald Fraser for the < >t aki seat. Mr. W ilsoti, who was yt'eatlv esteemed by members oil both
sides (if I lie Utilise. llllS lIUU fell'red frolll [ 11 > 1 11 ies. As ;i s|ini'lsiii;ili lie is very | » ij ill l.i r, ;i n l l Inis dime much to assist in popularising poll) ill 1 lie I; II li g'i I i kei. A e'ood -ell 1 1 ■ 1* ill even- way. lie Inis taken a special interest in matters aiVeeting- the agrieult nral and pastoral industries, and lias irom time to time cont rilnii etl v.aluaiile articles on the choice of grasses, insect .pests, Ac., to the papers in his district. His wile, who shares his popularity t hroughout the Maned ikei. is possessed of e-feat literary culture. Her JioelllS. written under the limn ill’ jil II mr oi •• Austral." have heen accorded high prtii.se 1 > v the ,S'y/er/u/e/-. Sul u yilm/ llmrn\ and other literar\- journals of established authority; and she has also written a novel, which has keen most favourably noticed by the lin”'lish papers. Mr. F M !•: I). I’ I M A N I, t lie diminutive but brainy member of the now famous " Heft Wine-,” is one of the many printers and journalists who have taken a prominent part in politics. The son of a veteran journalist, the late Mr. I’irani, who was for some vears connected with the Hmrl: v's ill i if I Ir i'ti I <l. the subject of this notice was born in the colony in I Sod. He served his apprenticeship to the trade of a. printer in the l ii n i llrrnld oliiee, and in printing and journalism he has since been engaged. A few vears ago Mr. I’irani leased the Mu nniriil u Ihiilij fitn nihird, then not a particularly brilliant paper, published
.at I’.almerston North, where Mr. Mirani resides. IheSl :i iiiln r< l is now owned bv Mr. l’irani in partnership with his brother. Mr. D. Mirani. and has been worked up into a lloitrisliitty property. between his W'anyunui experience and his coniine' to Maltnerstoti about thirteen years ayo. Mr. Mirani lived some time in Mlenlieim. where he beyan to take an interest in public alfairs. beiny ;i member of the Mlenlieim school committee. (luce settled in Mil 1 mersi on, he pushed his way. with the ettc ‘yv for which lie is noted, into the public life of the place, with which lie speedily became idem i lied, lie hits occupied the position of chairman of the M;i 1 11 lerst on School (' o m 111 il l ee. chairman of the Mil I lliersi oil bicetisiny (’ot)l----mi 11 ee. and is at present president of the Manawatit and West ('oast A yrieu 11 urn 1 and Mast or,a I Association, a member of the W’a nyanui Fdueatioii Hoard. Wellington band Hoard, and Middle District I' niversit v (’oitneil. As a journalist he has naturally taken a yreal interest in politics. and lirst stood for Marlianietii at t lie yetteral election of I S l . II I. wlien lie Contested the ()t ak i seat in the Ha Ilall ee interest with Mr. -I. (I. Wilson, tile si t|i 11 y 1 11 e 111 bef. a lid was del’ea ledbv oi votes the contest, bv the wav. beinya trianyular one. Three years later, ho W ever, lie eon t est oil the Mil It 1 1 el'st ol 1 X or 11 1 seat, his opponents beiny Messrs. (I. X. Snelson and .1. M. Me,ary. hot It well-known and much respected fellow eit izens. ;iml was returned bv a majoritv of 2( id. Mr. Mir.ani's pa rl ia n ion la rv career is well known to our readers. In earlier life he look a prominent part in at h let ie>. ,a ml has seen no less than lilTecn vears' service in lire briyndes. At a lire which occurred in Ma 1 merston some three vears ayo. Mr. Mirani behaved with such pluck that lie was presented with a. service of valuable plate as a token of the appreciation in which his conduct was held bv his I'el low-eit i/.ens, lie has also taken a prominent part in friendly society matters.
Mr. A COL*STL'S \V. CAVE, President of the Masterton l’acing Club and a very popular gentleman throughout the Wairarapa, was born at Tort hwort.h, (iloucestersliire. and educated at Durs.ley Crajiirnar School. Me lelt England ior New Zealand in bst)2. in the ship Maria, and ior eight vears or so he was rnyayiMl in the carrying trade between V’el 1 ington and Masterton. as a member of the firm of bannister and Cave. in I N7<> Mr. Cave purchased his present, homestead, ” Woodleigh,” ;u. To Ore Ore. Masterton. the estate consisting of about WOO acres of splendid land. Mr Cave (who is married to a daughter of the lute Mr. It. lores, one of the early settlers in the Wairarapa) tiikes ;i great interest in sport, and was also for several years president of the Masterton A. and I’. Society.
Ml-, P. HART MOL KM KW. of Levin, r lie well-known sawmiiler, is ;i native oi Stirlingshire, Scotlnntl. and 1 ;111 <I<■ < 1 in Queensland in tin 1 vear I'L L I'our yours later lie came on t. > New Zealand, and starred the iirst sawmill in Foxton in 1 S.'iS. lie afterwards owned and managed sawmills in Palmerston North. Feilding, and Ashurst. and is now at tht' head of the largest sawmilling enterprise in the colony, situated tit Levin, on the Wellington and Manawatu line. He was a member of that important local body, the Manchester Road Hoard, for some time, and is closely identified with the rise ami progress of Feilding and surrounding district. Mr. Bartholomew married Miss Roe. eldest daughter of Mr. Charles Roe, of Feilding. who arrived with his parents at Wellington in the ship Adelaide in IN4O. and was identified with the newspaper Press of Wellington in the early days.
No man in the whole of the Forty -Mile Bush district is better known or more respected than is the gentleman whose portrait appears above. Mr. .JOB \ IhF. of Pahiatua. the gentleman in question, was born in far-away ” Zummerzet in the year ]K-10. iind came oat to the colony with his parents in tin* ship Annie N\ tlson. landing in Wellington after ti passage oi 1 1 days, in the yetir ISSG. The family settled first, at the 11 att, bat the big floods in hSoSdiseoaraged Mr. \ ile, senior, and he remo\ed to what is now Carterton, then known as the “Three Mile Hash.” After residing here for some two years, Mr. \ ile became an employee on the llaangaroa station, near what is now called Martinboroagh. His son. the subject of this notice, also worked on the ran. which, at that time owned by Messrs. Smith and Hevans. afterwards became the property oi the late lion. -John Martin. hater on Mr. Vile. sen., bought land at Pnrnpnrn. near Carterton, where, with the assistance of his son, lie farmed for some fifteen years. In IS7- Mr. -lob Vile started in business lor himself as a carrier on the Wellington-Wairarapa coach line, and continuing in the business, gradually shortened his distances as the railwav line extended northward, until at the present time his ground is confined to the twentv-seven miles of road between Lkctahuna and Woodville. Mr. Vile holds the contract for the carriage of the mails between Pahiatua and Woodville. During the two vears IS'KITO lit' also ran a line of coaches from llawera to New Plymouth ria Manaia, Opunake. and Parihaka. the distance, ;is the line ran round the coast, being nearly one hundred miles. Mr. Nile has been closely associated with the rise and progress of the now nourishing town of Pahiatua, of which he was the lirst. mayor,
to which position he has been twice reelcted. He was also the first chairman of the Pahiat.ua County Council, a position he held for two years. He has also been a member of the same council for three years. Previous to his residence at Pahiatua. he took a great interest in local government matters at Masrerton. beimr chairman of the first Borough Council of that place. He has also been very intimately concerned in the openitic-up of flit' country around Pahiatua. and was one of the first to make application to Mr. Ballance as Minister o, Lands in the Stour-Vogel Covernment. under the special settlement regulations, being with others successful in settling the .Masrerton and Mangahao block, it progressive and prosperous settlement. He was also mainly responsible for the Formation of the I’arkville special settlement, to which he occupied the position of secretary. In many other ways Mr. Vile.wh.se almost inexhaustible fund of practical experience a> to the land and hind settlement is always cheerfully placed tit the service of his fellow settlers, has materially assisted in tlm open-ing-up and development of the fertile and prosperous district between Masrerton and Woodville. For over twenty-live years he has been a consistent but moderate advocate of temperance, and has occupied se\eial important posts in connection with the Rechubires and other temperance associations. He was married in hK(!7 to Miss Fdlen Ravner. of the Hutt. their children numbering twelve. The eldest son is a farmer, the second Mr. Arthur \ ile is well known us the clever and laird workingeditor of the 1 Vun-Ii rn I'll Slur, and ns a gentleman who now works, us his lat Inn list'd to do in by-gone days, tor the advancement of Masrerton: the third son is in business at Pahiatua: a fourth assists on the coachimr line: and seven others are either at school or occupy various situations. Mr. and Mrs. Vile, senior, still live in Puhiarua. where in IS<M t hey e. >lebrat e<l rhe jubilee of their wedding. a function attended by four detmrations oi a family populur with and respected by till who know them. Ml-. FR FILM A N R. JACKSON, of Wanganui. is widelv known, not only along the west const of the North Island, but throughout tlm rolonv. ns one ot the loading stock auctioneer' in New Zealand. from New |>l vmoilt h to Wellington every s'-uli-r knows I In- ii uai (- ot Freeman Jackson : no gen t lonian is more generally popular and mote widelv respected. Mr. Jackson is like so iniiu v other t'tierget u- a iid sueeesstul ( <> 1 <inists a Yorkshireman by birth, having been born at R ieeall. in the eount\ ot the •• Tvkos." He arrived at Lyttelton by the ship Sir Ceorge Pollock in 1-S'H (the same vear that the Canterbury pilgrims arrived), and his earliest experiences of colonial libwore trained in Southland. Mr. Jackson iinvinis b( *i -11 <u i the site »> I both 111\< *l - cure-ill uml Riverton before eit her "I these towns were laid out. Mr. Jackson soon commenced to take purl in public ; i if: 11 1 —. and in tlm early ''sixties" sat ns a member of the Provincial Council ot >outh-
land for about three years. In I bC>7 he came north, and settled, in Wanganui, where he has. for upwards of twenty years, been in business as a si oek auctioneer and farm and station agent. I lie firm of freeman P. Jackson .V Co. ( which now includes, as a part tier. M r. F. A. K'rull. for many years a merchant in Wellington, and formerly (ierman consul-e'en era I for t he colony)
carries on a very extensive business, having sale-yards at various centres in the district. Som' 1 vears ago. recognising - tin* increasingimportance of Wellington u< a market. Mr. Jackson established sale-yards at Jolmsonville. where he now regularly conducts sales at which, in the course of tie- year, an enormous number of stock arc disposed ot. Mr. Jackson lias always taken a keen interest in the progress and development of tin- town and trad" of U iiirtiinui. and in the general advancement of the fertile district of which it is tie- centre. He was a member of the Borough Council for two or three years, and was then in 1 0)2 elected mnvor. a posin’ m he has tilled with credit to himself and advantage to the town up till this vear. when he was invited to continue his occupancy of the office oi chief magistral bat d- dim-d. Haring the Native troubles he served us a member of the Wantranui Yeomanry Cavalry, and has also held the rank of ensign in tie- New Zealand militia. Besides being in constant centner with the settlers by reason of his stocknii'.'t ioneering- business Mr. Jackson is accounted otl“ of the b--st judtres of stock ill the North Island his name has tor over t went v vears been a household w >i’> 1 with overs of spirt, for during- tlm’ p -ri<>d Inlias continuously occupied the position of secret arv to the Wanganui Jockey Club, a club which has always been celebrated nmomrst New Zeulnnd turfit'-s for the g-enuinelv sportsman-like and honourable cluiracter of its lending ofHeers. With Dr. Parle and others. Mr. Jackson has been instrumental in greatly improving t he Wanganui racecourse, and making- its general appoint m -nrs inferior to none in the colony. An able an I popular business-man. a good citizen, and a true lover of genuine sport. Mr. Jackson is mm of the very best stall)]) of settlers. ()n s’veral occasions lie has been asked to com - forward as a candidate for purlin nmn' ary honours, and had he (lone so. tlen-c is little doubt l hat he would have been hig'ldv successful. But his business demunds a p -rsonul nttenti m which has hitherto preventcil its owner iron) devoting himself to an active political ciirecr. Whether, however, he be mayor Minor. or member or not. Mr. Freeman R. Jackson must always lie rej-a riled ns Wang-nnui s most prominent and deservedly populnr eit izen.
Mr. .JOHN STKV KNSHN. manager in Wamranui for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Aevnev. Limited, has been intimately connected with the commercial and c'etl el'll I progress of the west coast town, lie was born in (llasgow. and. with the exception of a short sojourn in Australia, has resided in the Wanganui district nearly all his life, .arriving tlere in the year I Suo. At 1 he t i me of t he Nat i ve d ist u rba nees along t lie west coast . in Ist is. Mr. Stevenson formed one oi sixty settlers who marched to Miriroa t o st. renci hen the carrison holding that outpost. Ten days aft erwa rds. t ha t famous Maori warrior Tit okowaru and his tribe attacked the party of which Mr. Stevenson was a member, at \\ a i t ot a ra . the engtigement lasting four hours. for his services on t his occasion Mr. Stevenson was accorded the New Zealand war medal. In I Sbb lie was amongst the first to form the present Wanganui Pifle Corps, in which lie served as an active member for upwards of ten vears. He also took a great interest in rifle shooting, and represented the company in a number of intercolonial rifle matches. Ho was also a member of the first Pifle
Association formed in Wanganui, and at the openiny meeriny won the prize for the best shot at 500yds.. and rlit' prize for the highest ayuTestate at the meetiuy. In I Sl»s> lie joined the service of the Hank of New Zealand, and at various rimes was in remporarv charye of tin- Hank's ayencies at W'averlev. Foxron. Sanson, and Matron. In the veal 1 1 *7O lie resigned the Hank’s serviee and jaiic'd that of the New Zealand Loan and .Metvantile Ayency Company. In those davs the business was not of very yreat maynit tide, and Mr. Stevenson was aide to I'ultil the duties umissisted. The staff of oflieers now under Mr. Stavimson's control mi in Her t hirt een . Mr. Stevenson has over taken a very yreat interest in the commercial progress of the town. lie was t lie founder of the present ('handier of Commerce. to which Hotly lie .acted for some vents as honorarv secretary and treasurer, holdiny i lie presidency for three years, a position now occupied Hv his Hrother. Mr. .1. L. St (‘veil son. lie a Is > holds the posit ion of honorarv seeretarv and treasurer to the Wanyanui Liver Trust Hoard. In the formation of various companies which have Heim started for the development of the town and district. Mr. Stevenson luts taken tin active pit rt. He was one of the promoters of the Wanyanui Freeziny Company, in which the late John Kallanee took yre.it interest, and is one of t he directors nf that eompanv. He is also on the directorate ot the Wanyanui (las Company, and has been twice elected a member of the Wanyanui Harbour Hoard. In I*os Mr. Stevenson was made a Justice of the Fence. In the reliyious. musical, and social lilt* ot Wanyanui Mr. Stevenson has always been a very prominent fiyttre. lit* was treasurer of Trinit v Church for upwards of twenty-live venrs. and superintendent of the Trinity Church Sunday-school for fifteen years, lie was also one < > f the promoters ot the mixiliarv branch of the Hritish and Foreiyn Hi hie Soviet v in Wanyanui. and has held the posit ion of t rea surer of t lie branch since its for ma t ion. 1 1 1 irt ee n yea rs ayo. In m usiea I matters Mr. Stevenson has also been much to the from . lie was a member ot the li rst musical soviet v formed in Wanyanui in the sixties, for over twenty-live years held the position of honorary oryanist at Tiinity Church, and has been honorary secretary and treasurer to several local musical societies. For some years lie was a member of the executive of the W’anyanni benevolent Soviet v. whose funct ions censed on the introduction of Charitable Aid Hoards. LVeoyn isi ny the ad va nt ayes of phys'ea 1 as well as mental culture. Mr. Stevenson has assisted verv yreatlv in the enrourayement of all manlv pastimes. lie took part ill the formation of Wanyantti's li rst football club, and for thirteen or foil rt een yea rs a et ed a s honorarv secretary and treasurer thereof; was honorary treasurer for many years to the W a n ya n ii i Cricket Club and the Wanyanui Howiny Club, and is at tlm present time honorarv secretary and treasurer of the Wanyanui (101 l (dub. Amonyst the oldest members of the St. Andrew's Kilwinniny .Masonic Lodye. Mr. Stevenson took ollice a month after he was initiated into the mvstic rites of freemasonry, and has held ollice of some sort ever since, a period of over twenty-live years. In LSO-f lie served as Worshipful Master both under the Scottish and .New Zealand Constitutions, and in I*ol held the position of Senior (Hand Warden of the New Zealand < 1 raml Lodye. lie took an active interest in the erect ion ~f the present Masonic Hall in Wanyanui. which contains the best furnished lodyerootii for masonic purposes to be found in \cw Zealand, and holds the position of honorary treasurer to the Masonic Hall Hoard. He was one of t he lirst members of t he Wanyanui ( dub. From w hat we have written above. it will be seen that Mr. St eve n son’s services to his lei low townsmen have been very yreal ; indeed, in compiliny the bioyrnphies which are to be found in this series, we have eonm .across no Sllch record as t hat oi the subject ol t his not ice. 1 1 only remains to be said that, with charnel erist ic freedom from all desire of personal ndvantaye, althouyh holdiny the position ol honorary seeretnrv and treasurer to many diflereiit soviet ies and lor so many years. Mr. Stevenson has never been induced to accept a testimonial ol a n \ k i nd. a 11 h ony h 1 re< | ttent l.\ desired to do so by his fellow townsmen, but has ;i I wtiys considered it a privileye to
be permitted to take part in the various societies and institutions haviny for their first object the improvement of the people and the advancement of the town and district .
Mr. JOHN DAVID 11 KA <IK 1! TV. whoso name is a household word in (! reytown. was born at Macrotne. Ireland, on a farm which hits been in possession of the family for over two hundred years, and which is still occupied bv his two elder brothers. In LS(it) Mr. Heayerty decided upon emiyratiny to Australia, and arrived in Melbourne in that year by the yo >d ship Shannon. For some vears he went from one yoldlield to another sometimes in New Zealand, at others in New South Wal *s and Queensland. After spendiny some time .at Footscray, V ictoria, whore he was etiyayed in business with a brother, lie returned to New Zealand and spent some years on the Thames, and afterwards was a resident on the West (’oast of the South Island. Eventually, however, owiny to failiny hetdth. he yave up o. )ld - mini ny and settled in (ireytown. Here he took the manayrment of the (ireytowti branch ol Mr. ('aselberys business (now the Wairarapa Farmers ('o-operat ive Association), a position lm occupied with yreat credit to himself and satisfaction to cm plovers and clients alike for some nine vears. lie then ret u rued to the ealliny of his fore fa t hers, a ml com mem" 'd to im prove a. farm which lie had secured in the horouyh, and which has now. under hts earelul mnnayement. develo)ied into one of the best properties in the district. Lver ready and anxious to be of service to his bllovvset t let's and to foster the interests of the communitv amonyst whom his lot has been east. Mr. Heayerty has taken a very active part in the manayement ol local affairs. lit* was ;i member ol t lie W aiolii ll e Liver board for three vears, and a member ol the I own Lands Trust for a similar period. In I*oo lie was elected a borouyh councillor, and, after serviny the ratepayers in that capacity for three vears. lie was elected Mayor ot (irevtown, to which honourable position he has been three times elected without opposition. He has been asked to stand lor Purliamentarv honours, but so far Inis refused to lie nominated. To be credited to Mr. 11 eayert v’s record oi public usefulness are the Malar,awa Hridye, for which he secured a (ioverniticnt yrant of .CIOOO and a loan ot jj-l-00, an additiomtl sum of .C2OO beiny subscribed locally ; the (Ireytown water-supply, to cost L'2(H)(I; the wideniny of the principal streets; the erection of a mortuary chapel in the cemetery ; and the Free Public Library and Ileadiny Hoorn. He has also taken a leadiny part in ayhatiny for a bridye across the It usima h u nyti Fiver at Papawai, bv which the borouyh ol (ireytown would be brouyht into easiei loath of the line expanse of fertile hind on the other Side of the river. In IHM2 Mr. Heayerty was married to a dauyhter of Mr. 11. 11. Jackson, of St ones! ead. < bvyt own. (),,,. ~f the oldest and most respected s ,, t | |crs in the Lower La nyit ikei is Mr. DONAIJI FLASLL. of Puke how |At the I;,-; moment., as t. hts pay* 1 wa- cot tie to press. Mr. Fraser's portrait was most unfortunately damaged, and has had to be left ~nt. Hn. N.Z.M.i Like so many other wort hv set tiers in the Lanyitikei. Mr. Fraser owns "Caledonia 1 stern and wild ’’ as his native country, haviny been born at Oortin, A ryvllshire, on the Ist of March, ]vyp]. lie is tlm third son and eiyht.h child of Duncan and Marjorie Fraser, of fort, A uyusf us. I nvernesshirc. Mr. Fmsor’.s ancest ors have been noted for lonyevity. His father's father died at. the -aye of one him
•tired and seven years and seven months and Ins mother's father, who was an officer under General Fraser in the American War of Independence, reached the aye of a hundred years. Both these ancestors were natives of Inverness, and acknowledged as he head of their clan the Lord Lovat who preceded the present nobleman, looking upon the latter as ati usurper. Lea vine the “ land of brown heath and shaggy wood in the year INTO. Mr. Fraser's parents came ■out under the auspices of the New .Zealand Conipanv, and remained in Wellington until the vear lS.dl. when they settled in the Rangitikei. where they both reached the acre of ninety, enjoying- mental and physical activitv up to the last, Mrs. !• raser surviving her husband for ten years. In lKo(‘> the subject of this notice went over to New South Wales, and thence on to the \ ictorian •goldfields, experiencing the varying fortunes of a diyyer's life for a couple of years, -and then returning to this colony, where he staved for a while* with the late Mr. Henry Kusscll. whose mime Mr. Fraser says he will ever cherish as that of a sterling settler and staunch l'ldend. Kxperiencing- a very rough journey on his return to the Kanyitikei in August. IN(><), Mr. Fraser interviewed the late Dr. Fetitherstone and the Hon. .John .Johnston, and suggested that a track should bo made across the ranges for the purpose of driving stock, pointing •out that this would prove a great boon to the settlers in Hawke's Bay and on the west coast of this Island. The track was •cut shortly afterwards. In lStil Mr. Fraser had it fresh attack of the gold fever and went to the famous Gabriel s Gully in Outgo where he was fairly successful. On his return to the Rangitikei he bought land adjoining his lather’s run and started businesas a cattle-dealer, driving fat stock to Wellington. the speculation yielding a good profit, well deserved, lor the work was very rough. In 1 Sfifi Mr. Fraser took to himself a helpmate in Miss Margaret Smith, of Wellington, and thereafter assumed the management of his lathers place, where he now lives with his ten children. Mr. Fraser's mother, father, and Mr. Fraser himself are each one of a family ot liiteeu. the maiden name ol his mother, also a coincidence. being Fraser, though she was no "relation to her husband. Mrs. Fraser, senior, was in manv ways a remarkable woman, and was greatly respected by fellow-set t lers ill the district. At her death she left over two hundred direct descendants, and lived to see the fifth generation. Mr. Frasers eldest brother. Mr. •lohn Fraser, who is unmarried. and who lor years has been an invalid, was seventy-four years of age. In 1H44 IS Mi Mr. .lohn Fraser, with many other voting settlers, fought against the natives at l’ahautnnui. Paremata. and liorikiwi. and is (so his brother thinks) the only Kuropean now alive who was actually present at the capture of tin* noted chief. Te Hatiparaha, at a pah called Taupe, not far from the site of the present township of Plimmerton. Mr. John Fraser was for some time a sergeant in what was called the Carbine Company, under the command of the late Major Durie, who was afterwards Resident Magistrate at Wanganui. " Looking back," says Mr. Donald Fraser in a few remarks with which he has kindly supplied us, “ upon the condition of things in those early davs and upon the rough life that men. women, and children had then to load, and comparing it with the comforts and conveniences now common to all. I fancy the high-collared, tan-booted young swells of to-dav will never make the men that their more roughly-clad ancestors, the early pioneers. were. Thev seem to lack ambition and enorgv. and there is far too much dependence upon the Government ol the day. In mv voting days." Mr. Fraser continues, in his tone of homely social philosophy. there were no three-months' bills, and the name of the bankrupt was unknown. In manv eases the son paid what the father had been unable to pay there was a far greater degree of commercial morality all round. ()f course there was credit. but t Inset tiers were content with getting a fair competence hv means of good, honest, hard work : t here was far less scheming and reckless speculation." Mr. Fraser is extremely popular with all who know him. and exercises it genuine, genial hospitality at his picturesquely situated home. He has done good service on various local bodies, am! at the hist election contested the Otaki seat
with Mr. J. G. Wilson, but was not successful. He had intended to again solicit the votes of the electors, but the boundaries having been largely altered, he retired in favour of Mr. H. A. Field, of Waikanae.
A verv popularand much respected settler in the Feilding- district is Mr. F. V. LFTIIBHIDGK of The Hill. Feilding. Although comparatively a young man he has occupied a number of verv responsible and honourable public positions with great credit to himself. A son of one of the earliest settlers in Taranaki. Mr. Lethbridge was born at New Plymouth in lNd2. Kdueated partly in Nelson and Christchurch. Mr. Lethbridge went to work on his father's farm after leaving ing the management of a run which is owned hv Messrs. Lethbridge and Sons. The estate is of acres, principally consisting of pastoral land, and on the flats on the frontage are the first racing track used in Fell ling, th" local golf links, the polo ground, and cricket and football clubs grounds. Mr. Lethbridge has held the following amongst other public positions 1 Member of i he lirst Manawatu County Council. member of the Manchester Road Board for fourteen years (chairman for six years), Borough Councillor for Feilding and Mayor of the Borough in 1 .NN2 and again in ISKPmemher of Feilding School Committee for several years. At the present time MrLethbridge is a member of the Wangnniij Fdueation Board, of the Palmerston North Hospital Board (of which lie was the first chairman), com mit t cent a n on West (’<>a st Agricultural and Pastoral Association, president of the Feilding Joe key Club, polo Club. Golf ('lull. Cricket ( bib. and \ ice-president of t le• (' vi'ling (’ 1 ab. He was for sever;. 1 yetirs captain of the Manchester Rifles, and was also a lieutenant in t 1 1 <• .Militia. Ile married his cousin. Miss Lethbridge of New Plymouth. and has three children. Mr. Lethbridge is a cam lit la te in the Opposition interest for t he Raugit ikei seat at t he present elect ion.
Then' is u<> ii;hih‘ Holier k 11 <>nn n i 111*«>11*_r 11out tin* llane'it iki'i :iinl suit, hi in 1i 11 < 1 ist rid s i Inin i Inn of i lie *_;"<■ 11 11 1 • 111;111 u 1 11 isi* j»<li t r:iii ;i]>| ii ‘.‘irs iilhiyc. Mr. STEVENS Ims seen almost everv side iii’ I In- New Zealand settler's life. !•’< >i - many years ln> was :i nn'iiiliiT ml' tin- linn of Sirvnis ami ('lorion (now (iiirtim ami Soul, slack aue-ti(>ni'<-rs of Hulls, ami there is no liciicr jin Ic'< ■ i 1 1 an In* i>l si iink of all kiml s. espee in Ily horses. lie lias made two trips to India with hacks, and travelled extensively in Her Majesty's irreat Eastern empire, picking up an excellent working acquaint mice wit h 11 in-
doosrane and amassing en rmitr a stock of good stories both as to Anglo-1 ndian life and customs which, when told by such an excellent rtirn:itcnr as Mr. Stevens, are doubly interesting. In the Maori tongue MrStevens is specially well versed. He has acted as Native interpreter in a number of most important transactions both public and private, and is widely known and greatly esteemed by the Natives all through the southern and central districts of this Island. In polities Mr. Stevens has always taken a leading part. His famous victory over Sir William Fox is a matter of history, an 1 with the representation of Rangitikei in more than one Parliament his until" is well known. Always energetic and assiduous in safeguarding the interests of his const intent s. of no matter what shade of ] ioli riea 1 colour. M r Sr evens enjoy s a great personal popularity which is of immense value to him in an election contest, to aid him hi which he also brings to bear a natural tact, good humour, and courtesy which stand him in good stead. He has in his time occupied positions on several important public bodies, and his interest in sport is well known. Ibis a fine horseman, and although not a voting man nowadays he still shines in the hunting field and on the polo ground, whilst as a practical veterinarian his superior would be difficult to find. Owingto the change in the electoral boundaries Mr. Stevens is now standing as a candidate for the Manawatu district, meeting once more an old political opponent of his in the person of Mr. R. G. Bruce, whose portrait appears in another column.
The Me Beths of the Raugitik-'i are a fairlv numerous elan, of whom the most popular member is Mr. ALHNANDKR 'i . M< BKTH. of Grove Lea. Mart on. well known throughout the district as a settler of the best stamp : hospitable, generous to a fault, and widely esteemed by reason of his unfailing geniality and mu ny ot le-r good qualities. Mr. Me Belli is a Wollingi on in n 1 1 v birth, having been born here in Is 11. lie is the t liiml son of the late John Me Beth, and came with his parents to the Rangitikei in the hitter part of I s.'ib. II is father purchased !(><><» acres of land, and was the first to introduce sheep into the I’pper Rangitikei. The country at the time was verv rough, and quite unsuited for sheep. Mr. Me Beth started with 1<» ») sheep, and at the end of three years t hoy could onlv muster 2()(). the remainder, including tin- annual increase, having fallen victims to the wild-dogs. The sheep were then sent into Wanganui for three years, whilst the land was cleared and grassed, and got into a more favourable condition for sheep. 11l the meantime, the Mi-Bet hs turned tlmir at ten t ion to cattle, which won • verv useful in breaking down tie- fern and scrub. Mr. Mclleth s farm is now one ol the most highly improved in tie- district, and its owner has a very fine flock, with sotn ptallv line cattle. in I Slid tin- subject of this notice was married to Mi-- Jane Milne, third daughter"!' the late Mr. Alexander Millie, of Rosebank. one of til" oldest and most i-e-pected settler.- in the district. Mr. Mc-Beih has always taken a great interest ill polities, being a staunch Liberal and a grea t ad m i rer ot the hi te.l ol 111 Ba 1 - lance. lb- took a very act ive part in securing- Mr. Ballam-e's return for tie- Rangitikei the first t ime t hat gent lonian entered Purlioment. and is also well to the front on the Liberal sale whenever an election is being fought. Mr. Meßet his a member of the licensing- committee, and has acted lotsome \ears as president', of the Rangitikei
Liberal Association. lie is a vice-president 'it' the Marion Jockey ('lull, and was a director of rlic Mrrcu rij Publishing Company. lie was also a director of the Farmers’ Alliance' for the lirst year of its existence. There is no settler hotter or more justly esteemed in the Ranyirikei than .Mr. " S.-mdv " Meßeth.
Son of one of thi' first Welling! on settlers, the late Mr. Daniel Riddiford. who arrived at Port Nicholson hy the ship Adelaide in 1 Shi). Mr. F. -I. RI I) UI F() RI) was born at the Bower liutr in lNlii. and was the lirst child h;i|iri/.ed By Bishop Selwyn in the colony. .Mr. Ridiliford was educated first in Wellington. and afterwards at .Morrison's Scotch College in Melbourne. In early life adopt hie' farming pursuits, he mow owns three vert line properties, the To Awaiti Fstate of some At).()< M) acres, on the Fast Coast, beyond ('ape Palliser: the Onmynmnya Fstate. inel ttd iny li It) .-icres of freehold and T.(tt)t) aces leasehold: and a compact little farm of 77 - acres in the llutt district, on which lie has a line residence. Mr. lliddil'ords properties afford pasturage for about I'). 01)0 sheep and A.(KM) head of cattle. Ill’s To Awaiti run is n Med for its splendid red deer, which pm\ ide fine sport for the owner and his friends. In earlier life Mr. Ridiliford was a lieutenant in the New Zealand Militia under Colonel (iorion. lie has always taken great interest in local politics, and has I :i member of several local bodies, i 111 •linl iny t lie \\ ai ra r;i pa I'oiintv I’oiineil. lie has also been for years einneeied with the W’el linytoii Ayr ii • 11 11 ura I and Pastoral Association, of which lie is now the vice-president. I n I NT!) the subject of this notice was married to a dauyhter of the late Mr. Ilenry Bunny, who for twenty years was a member of the House of Representni i ves. and has foil r sons and t h fee daily lit ers.
The I'd vs. iif (Iriwt ow ii. ;i!•< • amongst, i In' 1 icst known ;iinl most ]vs|irrii‘il of M'a ii■;i ra ] >:i Sot t lers. .Mr. Hart I'ily. senior, tlio father of the gent lonian. .Mr. fl.\l!T 1' I) Y . whoso portrait wo give nt Iho ho:ni of tliis notice. was horn in ('ornwall in IM )N nml arrived in iho colony at IVtone with his wife ain I family in I S It), hy tho ship I) i 1 1< (• of I! ox Ini r'jh. A builder hy trade. Im worked for some time for Sir Francis Molcsworth. and huilt the first cutter and first house ever constructed out of New Zealand woods. Residing aft erwards at Waiwetu and
Stokes’ \ alley, where he erected the first sawmill in 1 sA7. lie moved on to Matarawa, where he had secured some valuable bush, and carried on business as a sawmiller until iSfio. when he retired, leaving the business to his sons. lie served on various local bodies, and was twice elected Mavor oi (I ivy t own. w here he lived for some vears and was greatly beloved. An ardent Christitui. he. for many years, acted as a local preacher in connection with the Weslevan body in the Wairarapa. In November. 1 S{)o, having then reached the ripe old aye of eiyhty-two. hr* passeil tiway, his widow surviving' him until .January last, when she also died at the aye of eighty-t hree. I he eldest soil of this fine old couple. Mr. Harr 1 dy. -I P., came to Nh'w Zealand with hi* parents when he was five years of aye. A cry early in his bovhood's dav he commenced to assist his lather in the building and wheel wriy ht iny business, and wont. to reside in (ireytown in 1 S~>o. beiny engaged with liis father in sawmilling at Matarawa. In IN,<> Mr. (iallon joined him :ts ;i partner, the firm of 1 dy and (lallon existing until INHR. when Mr. Fdy started a sawmill at Brownst own. in tin* Forty Mile Bush. The timber is on a native reserve, si rid is expected to last tor twelve or fourteen vears before it is all cut out. the present capacity of the mill being about lbt).()()(>ft. a month. Mr. Fdy. who was married in INo A to Miss Fli/.abet h Holland, second dauyhter of Mr. F. Holland, of Pet one. has six children — four sons and two daughters, one of the hatter being organist at Wesley Church, (ireytown, for which Church Mr. I’dv has been choirmaster and circuit steward for many years. He has served as a member of the Waiohine River Board, has been a town councillor, and was Mavor of (ireytown in !SS|. 11 e has a 1 so doin' good service in volunteering.
Mr. Ml LU AM h'DV. hrotlier of flu; gentleman referred to tihove, is the third son of the late Mr. Hart Udy. and for some rears was a sheep farmer in the M'airarapa and. .also in the Otaki district. Of late years he has settled on his farm at Orevtown, which is managed hv his sons. Mr. Udy is a director of the New Zealand Dairy Farmers' Union, and takes a great interest in all matters connected with the dairy industry. Unassisted in forming the first dairy company in the M’airarapa, He has smwed several public hodies. occupying a setil on the Otaki Highway Hoard, the ('art orion Taratahi Hoad Hoard, and on the Orevtown Horongh Council. Like his hrotlier. Mr. Ilart Udy, he has taken a great interest in volunteering, holding tin ensign's commission in the Orevtown Rifles in ISt id. mid sit hsetj uent ly rising' to he captain of the corps in ipies.tion. 11 is IM mils eoii'ists of eight daughters and t lifer sons.
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New Zealand Mail, 3 December 1896, Page 34
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24,040Some Prominent Settlers IN THE Wellington Provincial District. New Zealand Mail, 3 December 1896, Page 34
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