Kerrytown Post Office, which is within ten miles of Timaru, has been conducted at the residence of Mr. Hugh Brosnehan since 1885. Mails are received and despatched three times weekly. Mr. Brosnehan was born in County Kerry, Ireland, and arrived at Lyttelton in 1870, by the ship “Merope.” He has been a resident of the district since 1882. Mr. Brosnehan was married, in 1876, to a daughter of the late Mr. P. Scannill, of Kerry, and has five sons and seven daughters.