Bidwill, William Edward, Sheepfarmer, Featherston. Mr. Bidwill is the second son of the late Mr. Charles Robert Bidwill, one of Wairarapa's earliest settlers, and was born at page 866 Pihautea in 1858. His early education was received on the station, and afterwards at the Rev. St. Hill's school, Crofton, Wellington. He subsequently attended Christ's College, Christchurch, where he completed his education. For three years after leaving school he was in the office of Messrs. Levin and Co. of Wellington. In 1876 Mr. Bidwill had a tour round the world, and on returning to New Zealand settled down to farming pursuits. His property at Rototawai comprises 5000 acres of splendid country, and was inherited by him on the death of his father, who came to the Colony in 1843, after spending three years in Australia. Mr. Bidwill, senr., was the first man to take stock into the Wairarapa. In those days there were no roads or railways to the Wairarapa, and it took him six months to get them from Wellington to the Valley, having to cut a track in order to drive the stock round the coast, via Palliser Bay. He met with considerable success in his farming ventures, and when he died in 1884, the property, which consisted of 13,000 acres, was bequeathed to his children. Mr. W. E. Bidwill was married in 1894 to Miss Edith Mildred, youngest daughter of Mr. Joseph Rhodes, of Hawkes Bay. He is an ardent sportsman, being a member of all the principal clubs of the district, and is chairman of the stewards of the Wairarapa Racing Club. He was for one term president of the Wellington Pastoral Society, and is now a member of its committee. The picture of the late Mr. C. R. Bidwill, which appears on the preceding page, will be of interest to all who remember him.