Gibbs, Samuel, Farmer, Woodend. Mr. Gibbs is a son of the late Mr. James Gibbs, who arrived in Lyttelton in 1858. He was born in 1862, at Woodend, and in early life turned his attention to farming. He farms 370 acres altogether, and is a stud breeder of Shropshire Down sheep. In 1892 a ram which he exhibited won the championship at the Canterbury agricultural and pastoral show, and Mr. Gibbs has also gained many other prizes. Besides being a farmer, Mr. Gibbs carries on business as a stock-dealer and freezer, and shipper of mutton. He was married, in 1894, to a daughter of Mr. J. Marshall, farmer, Ohoka, and has one son and two daughters.