Goodeve, Henry Roland, Farmer. “Dairy Green,” Waitohi Flat. Mr. Goodeve was born in Essex, England, in 1845, and went to sea at the age of thirteen years. and sailed to the colonies. He settled in New Zealand in 1859 and was in the coastal trade in the well-known schooner “Wellington,” which traded between Lyttelton and Timaru. He was for a time on the Otago goldfields, and in 1862 worked on Mr. John Hay's run, the “Mackenzie.” In that year he bought a farm at Waitohi Flat in conjunction with Mr. William Ackroyd, which they afterwards sold, and he then bought his present property of 156 acres. He was a member of the committee appointed to erect the pioneers' memorial, in Victoria Park, Temuka, in commemoration of the Record Reign. Mr. Goodeve married Miss Taylor, daughter of the late Mr. Robert Taylor, a very old Canterbury settler, and has eleven children living out of fourteen.

Mr. H. R. Goodeve.

Hally, Daniel, Farmer, Waitohi. Mr. Hally was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1836. He landed in Melbourne in 1860 from the ship “Champion of the Seas,” and crossing the Tasman Sea in the early days of the Otago diggings, visited the mining centres of the South Island. After revisiting Victoria, Mr. Hally returned to New Zealand, and in 1867 purchased his farm at Waitohi, where he lives with his family.

Mr. D. Hally.

Heron, James, Farmer, “Dinda Farm,” Waitohi. Mr. Heron was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1837. He left for New Zealand by the “Indiana” in 1857, landing at Lyttelton, and was for about three years in the Halswell district, afterwards going south to Lake Wanaka. After a time he returned to Halswell and started farming, and also undertook contract work, including the cutting of a drain from Springston to Lake Ellesmere for the Government. There he met with an accident which incapacitated him for twelve months. He then did some farming successfully at Malvern and Long-beach, and took up his Waitohi property of 200 acres. His wife died in 1897, leaving eleven children. All his sons work on the farm, and the eldest is a threshing contractor.

Mr. J. Heron and the late Mrs J. Heron.

Hullen, Johann Martin, Farmer, Waitohi. Mr. Hullen was born in London in 1850, and came to New Zealand with his parents in 1859. He was brought up to farming by his father, who settled at Waitohi in 1866. The area of Mr. Johann Hullen's farm is 239 acres, all subdivided into paddocks and under cultivation, with the exception of twenty acres. His crops are of the finest quality and give good yields. Mr. Hullen has a stud flock of English Leicesters. He was married in Timaru to the daughter of Mr. Christian Arras, of Levels Plain, and has six children.

Mr. and Mrs J. M. Hullen and Family.

Langridge, John, Farmer, Waitohi. Mr. Langridge was born in Sussex, England, in 1834, and served an apprenticeship to the building trade, after which he entered the service of Sir John Shelley, with whom he remained three years. He left England for New Zealand in 1858, by the ship “Indiana.” For eight years subsequently he was settled in Christchurch, and then he removed to Temuka, and put up a brick house just before the flood of 1868. It was then he bought the farm which he still owns. For many years he carried on the business of a builder, but has latterly confined himself solely to farming. He was for some years clerk of works for the Temuka Road Board. In the olden days he was a member of the Temuka school committee, and he is still a prominent member of the Church of England at Temuka, and was clerk of works for the new stone church. Mr Langridge was married in the Old Country, and has a family of nine children, but Mrs. Langridge died in 1897. His son, Mr. J. J. Langridge, is in business at Takaka, Nelson, and senior member in the firm of J. J. Langridge and Co., general storekeepers.

Mr. J. Langridge and the Late Mrs Langridge.

McAteer, Michael, Farmer, Waitohi. Mr. McAteer is a native of Donegal, Ireland, and came to New Zealand in the ship “Invercargill,” landing at Port Chalmers. He was brought up to farming in the Old Country, and on his arrival here he worked for a time for Mr. Donald McLean. Then he owned a team, and was ploughing and contracting on the Levels station. He afterwards took up a farm of 277 acres on the Point Road, where he remained for four years. Thence he went to Temuka, where he kept the Royal Hotel for three years. Mr. McAteer took up his present holding of 200 acres on the Waitohi, in 1894. He was married, in 1887, to Miss Maggie Power, and they have seven children.

McKinnon, Donald, Farmer, Waitohi. Mr. McKinnon was born in Inverness-shire, Scotland, in 1830, and was brought up to farming. He came to New Zealand in the ship “Canterbury,” in 1874, and went to Banks Peninsula, but finding that there were no schools within reasonable distance for his children he removed to Saltwater Creek, where he was shepherding for twelve months. He then went to Orari, under engagement to Mr. Tripp, with whom he remained for two years. Mr. MoKinnon then bought a farm on the Rangitata, but subsequently sold it to Mr. Ruddenklau. In 1886, he went to Waitohi, and took up the farm where he now resides, and runs sheep and cattle, besides cropping his land. He was a member of the Waitohi school committee, but resigned through being unable to devote sufficient time to the position. Mr. McKinnon married Miss Margaret McDonald, of Ross-shire, Scotland, and has three sons and two daughters.

Mr. D. McKinnon.

McCormick, Lachlan, Erdoch Farm, Upper Waitohi. Mr. McCormick was born on his father's farm of Erdoch in Argyle, shire, Scotland, in August, 1837, and was educated in his native village. He was brought up to farming, and came out to Lyttelton in the ship “Resylvia” in 1861. Immediately after his arrival he went to the Otago goldfields, where he remained for six months, but being unsuccessful, then returned to Canterbury. For a time he was engaged in roadmaking and contracting in Christchurch. On the outbreak of the Wakamarina “rush” he went there, but was again unsuccessful. After twelve months on the West Coast and elsewhere, he removed to Waitohi, where he took up his present farm of 508 acres, on which he conducts a mixed system of farming; his wheat crops average thirty bushels per acre. Mr. McCormick is also a threshing contractor, and owns the Cave Hotel, Cave. He has been a member of the Upper Waitohi school committee for many years. Mr. McCormick was married, in 1877, to the eldest daughter of Mr. James McIntyre, farmer, Pleasant Point, and they have two sons and three daughters.

Mr. L. McCormick.

Smart, George, Stone Farm, Waitohi Flat. Mr. Smart was born at Wooton Rivers, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, in 1850, and, accompanied by his wife, came to New Zealand in 1874, by the steamer “Atrato,” which anchored at Lyttelton. Mr. Smart then went by the steamer “Beautiful Star” to Timaru, where he and Mrs Smart obtained an engagement as married couple on the Seadown estate of the late Mr. B. Rhodes. Thence he went to Temuka. In 1880 he went to the Waitohi district, where he afterwards began farming. Mr. Smart now occupies about 500 acres, on which he conducts a very successful system of mixed farming. He has a family of five sons and four daughters.

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Mr. and Mrs G. Smart.

Walker, William, Farmer, “Longside Farm,” Waitohi Flat. Mr. Walker was born in Cheshire, England, in 1834, and was brought up to farming. When he was nineteen he entered the railway workshops in Lancashire, and remained there for six years. He emigrated to New Zealand by the ship “Regina,” landing in Lyttelton on the 4th of December, 1859. He settled in North Canterbury for seven years, but went south to Temuka in 1866, and took up his present farm of 220 acres. Mr. Walker also carried on an extensive carrying business for a considerable period, besides undertaking steam-threshing and hauling operations with his sons. He was one of the first settlers at Waitohi, and was for some time a member of the water-race committee. Mr. Walker married in the Old Country, and brought his wife and three children with him to New Zealand.

Williams, Richard, Farmer, Waitohi. Mr. Williams was born in Carnarvonshire, North Wales, in 1825, and was early trained to farming, but afterwards became a stonemason. In 1864, he came to New Zealand in the ship “Canterbury,” and landed at Lyttelton. In Christchurch, he helped to erect the Durham Street Church, and was afterwards engaged with Mr. Britton, Halswell, at his quarry. Then he went bush-felling at Hoon Hay, and thence to Long-beach, where he worked for some time for Mr. John Grigg. In 1869, he went to Waitohi, and took up 110 acres, which he has farmed ever since. Mr. Williams was the first to settle in the Upper Waitohi, and he has witnessed the growth of South Canterbury from its infancy. He has been a member of the Upper Waitohi school committee and the Temuka Road Board. Mr. Williams was a member of the Order of Foresters in the Old Country for twenty years. In 1872 he married Miss Mary Opie, of Cornwall, England, and they have one son. Mrs Williams came out in the ship “Charlotte Gladstone” in 1872.

Mr. R. Williams.

Mr. John Hullen, sometime of Waitohi, and latterly of Timaru, was born in London in 1853, and came with his parents to Lyttelton when a child, by the ship “Regina,” landing in 1859. His father, the late Mr. Henry Hullen, was farming at Tai Tapu for seven years, and on removing to Waitohi in 1867, purchased 319 acres of land. On his death in 1884, the property was divided between his sons, Johann Martin, and the subject of this sketch. Mr. John Hullen's farm consisted of 175 acres, well subdivided and devoted to sheep raising and grain growing. For two years he was a member of the local school committee. He married a daughter of the late Mr. Jacob Jack, who came to Canterbury in 1864, and had two children. Mr. Hullen died at Timaru on the 28th of October, 1901.

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The Late Mr. J. Hullen and Mrs Hullen