Beal William, Farmer, East Eyreton. Mr. Beal was born at York, England, in 1854, and accompanied his father, the late Mr. Henry Beal, to Lyttelton in the ship “Clontarf” in 1859. After two years at Kaiapoi the family settled at East Eyreton. Mr. Beal commenced farming in 1884 in company with his brothers. Ten years later he acquired his present property of fifty acres by inheritance, and has since farmed on his own account. Mr. Beal has served as a member of the Eyreton school committee. He was married, in 1894, to a daughter of Mr J. Lilly, of Ashley Bauk, and has one son and one daughter.