Sansom, William, Farmer, Southbrook. Mr. Sansom was born in Surrey, England, in 1844, came to New Zealand in the ship “Ashburton,” in 1857, and afterwards became a coach proprietor and mail contractor in North Canterbury. When the railway was completed to Amberley, and the coaching days mine to an end, Mr. Sansom took to farming and settled on his compact property, which contains about 300 acres of good land. He has always taken a leading interest in Masonic affairs, and has been a member of the craft for over thirty years. He is also connected with the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory, of which he was one of the first promoters. Mr. Sansom was married in Kaiapoi in 1864, and has seven children.