OBITUARY

Southland Times, Issue 19966, 4 September 1926, Page 8

OBITUARY

MR J. C. N. GRIGG. (Per United Press Association.) Ashburton, September 3. Mr J. C. N. Grigg, of Longbeach, died this evening aged 65. As the owner of the famous estate once described as “the world’s model farm,” he was known throughout New Zealand and abroad. Succeeding his father, Mr John Grigg, in 1901 he worthily upheld the traditions of the estate which though reduced in area of late years has not diminished in fame.

Mr Grigg was born at Auckland in 1861 and educated at Christ’s College, Christchurch, and Cambridge University. On returning to New Zealand in 1883 he became overseer of Longbeach acting in that capacity until the death of his father. His importations of pedigree cattle, horses, sheep and pigs have had beneficial effects on the Dominion’s stock.

The first line of Holsteins brought to New Zealand were imported from Holland by him. Mr Grigg also owned some good trotters and gallopers his father having owned Spot, a son of Gentle Annie the foundation of trotting stock in the Dominion. He took a keen interest in the Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Association, being president in 1888-89. It is noteworthy that his father was the first president and his son, Mr J. H. Grigg, occupies that position in this, the Association’s jubilee year. He was at one time a member of the County Council, a member of the Power Board since its inception, a member of the Meat Producers’ Board and many local and public bodies. In his youth he was noted as an athlete, a Rugby player and a keen cricketer. He is survived by his wife who was a daughter of the late Captain Hutton, curator of the Canterbury Museum, and also three sons, J. H. and A. N. Grigg, Longbeach, and G. H. Grigg, Hororata, and two daughters, Mesdames McDonald, Christchurch, and Shaw, England.