Belcher, John Richard, Farmer, Springfield Farm, Coutts's Island, Kaiapoi Mr. Belcher is a son of Mr. Richard Belcher, of Papanui, and was born at Kaiapoi in 1865. He was educated locally, and was brought up to agriculture by his father. Since 1885 he has farmed on his own account, and has an estate of 700 acres of freehold land. Mr. Belcher has served in the Kaiapoi Rifles, and is a member of the Kaiapoi Lodge of Oddfellows. He was married, in 1896, to the daughter of the late Mr. J. S. Theobald, librarian of the Christchurch library, and has one daughter.