The Rev. William R. Campbell, B.A., Presbyterian Minister in charge of Hanmer and Waiau, was born in India, in 1840, and was educated at Edinburgh, where he graduated at the University. After serving in the Free Church of Scotland, and the Presbyterian Church of England, he came out to New Zealand in 1873, and took charge of the Presbyterian Church at Timaru. In 1874 he resigned that charge, and was appointed to Amuri and Cheviot. Since that time Mr. Campbell has resided within the district, most of the time at Waiau, and removed to Hanmer in March, 1902.