Crysell, Walter, Farmer, “Pine Grove,” Ohoka Road, West Eyreton. Mr. Crysell was born in 1837, in Essex, England, and came out to South Australia in charge of horses in 1855. On arriving in New Zealand in 1860, he settled in the Cust district. He had exciting experiences in connection with the great flood in 1868, and has seen the district develop from its natural condition to its present state of cultivation. Since 1868 he has resided in the West Eyreton district. Mr. Crysell has served on the local road board, and school committee, and was vestryman of the Anglican Church at Cust for a number of years. He was married, in 1864, to a daughter of the late Mr. J. Knight, of Cornwall. Mrs Crysell died in November, 1901, leaving two sons and one daughter.