Beatty, Ambrose, Farmer, Coalgate. Mr. Beatty was born in Longford, Ireland, in 1856. He arrived at Lyttelton at the age of five years, and was educated under Mr. Broughton, at St. Albans. After leaving school he assisted his father at Courtenay until 1879, when, his father having died, he removed to Coalgate. His property there embraces 542 acres of good agricultural and pastoral land. It yields excellent crops, and produces some of the finest sheep in the district. Mr. Beatty is a member of the Courtenay Agricultural and Pastoral Association.