The Town Of Tinwald is situated close to Ashburton, on the south bank of the Ashburton river. Its railway station, which is two miles from Ashburton, is the centre of the township. The saleyards, which are about one mile from the railway station, are well designed for cattle and sheep sales, which are held fortnightly. As a town district, Tinwald has a population of 561, but this enumeration does not include the large farming district of which it is the centre. The portion of the town nearest Ashburton is occupied principally by the business men of that borough, and retired farmers. The local place of business include two general stores, a drapery establishment, two blacksmiths' shops and a hotel, and there is a good public school. Tinwald has a domain, which has long been a favourite resort with picnic parties, who enjoy themselves on the banks of the pretty miniature lake, and under the overhanging willows and shrubs which fringe its banks. Races are held on the local racecourse once a year, on New Year's day.

The Tinwald And Longbeach parochial district was formerly included in the Longbeach parochial district. In May, 1903, it was decided at a meeting of the parishioners to ask that the old district should be divided into two parishes; one including Tinwald and Longbeach, and the other Coldstream, Hinds and Lismore. The intention then was that the Rev. E. N. Blakiston, who had been incumbent of the old parish for three years, should continue to have his headquarters at Tinwald.

Morrison, George William, General Blacksmith, Graham's Road, Tinwald. Mr. Morrison was born at Leithfield, where he was also educated. He was apprenticed to his trade in 1874, at “Lagmhor,” when that estate was the property of the late Mr. John McLean. Shortly after the completion of his term of apprenticeship he was appointed head smith, and held the position until 1902, when he bought from Mr. John Stevens his present business, which was originally established in 1870. The business has now considerably increased, chiefly owing to Mr. Morrison's popularity at “Lagmhor,” and the care and attention he always gives to his work. He became a Freemason in 1893, and is Master of Lodge Thistle, S.C., Ashburton.

Mitchell, photo. Mr. G. W. Morrison.

Gudsell, James, General Storekeeper, Butcher and Baker, Tinwald. Mr. Gudsell was born in Surrey, England, where he received part of his education. At the age of ten, he came to Lyttelton with his parents, by the ship “Egmont,” in 1862. The family resided at Ohoka for many years. Mr. Gudsell finished his education at Flaxton; and in 1876 went to Ashburton and bought a farm from the Government on Graham's Road, Tinwald. After farming there for seven years, he sold out and established his present business in 1893. His large premises in Archibald Street include ironmongery, groceries, and a butchery and a bakery. Goods are delivered throughout the surrounding districts. Mr. Gudsell owns several farms—one at Tinwald, one at Winslow, another at Hinds, and a fourth at Ohoka. He has taken an active part in local affairs, and was elected to the Tinwald Town Board in 1896, and on two subsequent occasions. He has been a member of the Tinwald school committee since 1890, and several times its chairman. Mr. Gudsell has been a member of the Loyal Lodge of Oddfellows, Tinwald for many years, and is a Past Noble Grand of the Order. He is also a trustee. Mr. Gudsell is married, and has five sons and one daughter.

Mitchell, photo. Mr. J. Gudsell.

Robinson, Joseph, General Storekeeper, Archibald Street, Tinwald. Mr. Robinson was born at Ludborough, Lincolnshire, England, where he was educated. After serving an apprenticeship to the milling and bakery trades, he went in for farming. He came to Lyttelton by the ship “Invercargill” in 1884, and shortly afterwards went to the Ashburton county, where he was engaged at farm-contracting, pipe-draining, and afterwards at chaffcutting. After spending some time at Longbeach he was engaged by Mr. Andrew Terrace, butcher and general storekeeper, of Tinwald, for twelve months, at the end of which in 1892 he purchased the business. He has also a farm of 107 acres near Tinwald. Mr. Robinson is a member of the Loyal Lodge of Oddfellows, Tinwald, and is its president and Past Noble Grand. He has served on the Tinwald school committee since 1900. Mr. Robinson was married at St. Leonards, Lincolnshire, England.

Mitchell, photo. Mr. J. Robinson.

Clothier, John Alfred Coal and Produce Merchant, Tinwald. Mr. Clothier was born at Kaiapoi, and is a son of the late Mr. Edward Clothier, who arrived in Canterbury by the ship “Jane Seymour” in 1853. He was educated at Kaiapoi, and was employed by the late Mr Joseph Clark, of Kaiapoi Island, with whom he came to Ashburton in the year 1878. At first he worked for two years for Mr. Clark on the latter's farm at Waterton, and was afterwards with him in his coal and grain business at Tinwald. On the death of Mr. Clark, Mr. Clothier took over the coal and produce branch of the business. Mr. Clothier is also manager of the grain stores of Messrs Friedlander Brothers, at Tinwald. He has been secretary of the Loyal Tinwald Lodge of Oddfellows since it was established in 1882, has been chairman of the local school committee since 1896; and has been twice a member of the Tinwald Town Board. Mr. Clothier is married, and has three sons and three daughters.

Mitchell, photo.
Mr. J. A. Clothier.

Williams, Thomas, Carrier, Tinwald. Mr. Williams is a native of Montgomerieshire, England, and came to Lyttelton in January, 1873, by the ship “Star of India.” After following farming for a number of years, he joined his brother in the butchery business at Winslow, where he remained for five years. He then started in business as a general carrier. In 1885 he bought the plant and business of Mr. J. Johnston, who was at that time doing the carrying trade between Ashburton and Tinwald, and started as a general carrier. Mr. Williams has a large connection in Ashburton, and is agent for the New Zealand Carrying Company, and also has the distribution of goods for several large manufacturing firms in Christchurch and Dunedin. He was elected a member of the Tinwald Town Board in 1890, and has held office continuously, with the exception of one year, since that date, and is a member of the works committee of that body. As a Freemason he is a member of Lodge Thistle of Ashburton, and is a Past Master. He is also a member of the Oddfellows' Lodge at Ashburton, and is Past Provincial Grand Master. Mr. Williams is married, and has one son.

Mitchell, photo.
Mr. T. Williams.

Bonnington, Frederick, Farmer, Tinwald. Mr. Bonnington has been in New Zealand for more than half a century, and his physical robustness bears splendid testimony to the beneficial effects of the climate of the Colony. He was born in Derbyshire, in 1844, and accompanied his mother to Nelson in the ship “Mariner,” in 1850. There he was brought up to farming, and remained in the province of Nelson twenty-four years. Mr. Bonnington then removed to Christ-church, where he started a general store, which he carried on for several years. He then went to Ashburton, and bought his present farm at Tinwald. It was originally part of the Lagmhor estate, and has all been successfully cultivated. As a sheepdealer Mr. Bonnington is well known throughout Canterbury, and was the first man to moot the establishment of the Fairfield Freezing Works, for which he sold a large number of shares. Mr. Bonnington has been a member of the Tinwald school committee for a number of years. He has been a Freemason for over twenty years, and is a Past Mast of St. John's Lodge, Ashburton. In 1865 he married a daughter of Mr. Saywell, one of the very early pioneers of New Zealand. They have a family of five sons and five daughters, and the eldest son is a well-known chemist in Ashburton.

Doherty, Charles, Farmer, Graham's Road, Tinwald. Mr. Doherty is a native of Limerick, Ireland, where he was brought up on his father's farm, a portion of the Earl of Dunraven's property. He came to New Zealand by the ship “Hydaspes,” and shortly afterwards went to Rangitata, where for some years he managed a farm for Mr. J. H. Twentyman, after which he was appointed manager for Mr. J. Ballantyne in the same district. He purchased 100 acres of first-class land at Tinwald, in 1887, and later on 420 acres more near the Lagmhor estate. Mr. Doherty grows cereals, root crops, and goes in for sheep breeding, and he has also a number of cattle and horses. He is a director of the Tinwald Butter Factory, and has spent much time in promoting its welfare. Mr. Doherty is chairman of the Tinwald Town Board, and of the Tinwald Domain Board, and has been a member and chairman of the local school committee. He was married in Ireland, and has three sons and one daughter.

Hampton, James, Farmer, Grove Farm, Tinwald. Mr. Hampton was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1848, and was brought up to agriculture. He came to New Zealand, in the ship “Charlotte Gladstone,” and landed at Lyttelton. For some time he was engaged in farming at Southbridge, and removed to Ashburton in 1874. After a period of successful cropping in the district he bought a farm at Tinwald, and worked it for twelve years, but afterwards sold it to Mr. Grigg, of Longbeach. He took up another farm in the same district, but subsequently sold it also. In 1899, he bought the Grove farm from Mr. E. Gates, and his first season's crop of oats yielded sixty bushels per acre. Mr. Hampton takes a great interest in sporting matters, and is a member of the Asburton County Racing Club. He is also a member of the Thistle Lodge of Freemasons. In 1876 he married Miss McMillan, of County Armagh, Ireland, and has five sons and three daughters.

Long, Adam, Silverstream. Farm, Lagmhor Road, Tinwald. Mr. Long is a native of County Limerick, Ireland, where he was educated, and brought up to farming on his father's farm. While a young man he went to America, and was engaged in stone-turning in the city of Concord, for three years. After visiting the World's Fair at Chicago, page 837 he came to New Zealand, via San Francisco, and landed at Lyttelton in October, 1893. Shortly afterwards he moved to the Ashburton county, and was employed for two years on Chatmos estate; after which he worked a team at Ruapuna, for another two years. he was afterwards employed by Messrs Friedlander Bros. and Mr. W. Strange. On leaving Mr. Strange's service he took up his present holding of 218 acres of light agricultural land, which is part of a section of 600 acres farmed for some years by Mr. C. Remington, from whom he bought it in 1891.

Mitchell, photo.
Mr. A. Long.

Rogers, John Wheeler, Farmer, Graham's Road, Tinwald. Mr. Rogers was born in Worcestershire, England, but was brought up and educated in Shropshire, where he gained experience in sheep breeding on his father's farm. He himself had a farm of 300 acres for six years, but sold out on leaving for New Zealand. Mr. Rogers landed at Lyttelton by the ship “Soukar” in 1877, and became manager for Mr. Andrew Duncan, at West Melton, for six years. He afterwards managed Mr. George King's Horseshoe Lake farm for two years and a half, and a farm of 4000 acres at Dromore, for Messrs Cunningham and Stead, for over fifteen years; there he bred a number of high class Shropshire sheep. Mr. Rogers started farming on his own account on a farm of 700 acres, which he purchased from of 700 acres, which he purchased from Mr. J. C. Wason at Corwar. He sold this after seven months to Mr. J. Dolan, and bought his present holding of 140 acres at Tinwald, where he carries on general farming, and breeds Shropshire sheep, for which he has obtained many prizes at the Ashburton and Christchurch agricultural shows.

The late Mr. J. Carter.

Mr. John Carter, who was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1838, and came to New Zealand about 1859, was among the earliest settlers in the Ashburton district, and was closely identified with its agricultural progress. He was for two years manager of the Mount Hutt station, and afterwards took over the management of the Wanaka Lake station in Otago. About 1872 he was appointed manager of Messrs Wilkin and Thomson's estate at Maronan, where he remained until Mr. Thomson's death. He then entered into partnership with Mr. Robert Wilkin, with whom he carried on Maronan and several other farms, also the well known Grove Farm estate, and managed the various properties for many years. Mr. Carter was well known in sporting circles. He imported thoroughbred stock, including “Miss Kate,” “Macsiccar” and “Forget-Me-Not,” whose progeny are well known throughout New Zealand; “Perkin Warbeck II.,” “Prime Warden” and “Lady Zetland,” for example. Messrs Wilkin and Carter also imported valuable Clydesdales. In 1882 Mr. Carter went to America and imported several trotting mares for Mr. R. Wilkin. Mr. Carter went to England in 1875 and remained there three years. He was married, in 1876, to the eldest daughter of the late John Harland Cowper, of Wensleydale, and returned to New Zealand in 1878. He died at Grove House, Tinwald, in 1884, leaving a widow and one daughter.

Mr. Arthur Johnston Huston, of Carter's Terrace, Tinwald, is a native of County Derry, Ireland, where he was educated and brought up on his father's farm. He arrived in Lyttelton in 1868, and went to Christchurch by the first passenger train that steemed through the tunnel. After arriving in Canterbury he worked on Mr. John Millen's farm at Southbridge for twelve months, and then on Messrs Dudley and Lawrence's farm at Leeston. While there he bought 50 acres of land at Malvern. On leaving Messrs Dudley and Lawrence he leased a small place at Leeston, where he worked at contracting for some years. He then moved to Malvern, where he leased an additional fifty acres, which he held for only twelve months. His health failing, he sold and went to Christchurch, where he worked at the coach-building trade for four years and a half. In 1879 he bought a farm of 100 acres at Longbeach, and subsequently acquired adjoining it an additional 320 acres, which he drained and farmed for twenty years, growing principally crops of oats and wheat. Mr. Huston was a large supplier of milk to the Flemington Dairy Factory, and at one time milked as many as forty-seven cows. Three years before selling his Longbeach property, he bought a farm of 948 acres at Mayfield, on which he raised a large amount of wheat. After selling out at Longbeach he bought another farm at Mayfield. it had an area of 620 acres, on which he grew turnips and fattened sheep and lambs, the carcases of which he froze and sent to London. Mr. Huston then sold his first Mayfield farm to Mr. M. Anderson, and the others to his eldest son, and now lives in retirement at Carter's Terrace, Tinwald. He is a member of the Canterbury and Ashburton Agricultural and Pastoral Associations, and has been a director of the Flemington Dairy Company, and also of the Mayfield Saleyards Company. Mr. Huston was married in Ireland, and has seven sons and five daughters.

Mitchell, photo.
Mr. A. J. Huston.

Mr. Donald McLean, of “Kinraid,” Tinwald, has had more than half a century's colonial experience, and comes from the Western Highlands of Scotland, where he was born in 1835. He came out to Melbourne early in 1852, and followed the “rushes” to the diggings. When, ten years later, he arrived in New Zealand, he was appointed manager of the well-known Lagmhor estate, and filled the position for thirty-six years. This estate was then owned by the Messrs McLean Bros., and was stocked with 20,00 sheep chiefly Merinos. Mr. McLean has been a page 838 teetotaller from his cradle, but he is not a prohibitionist, and has been a member of the Ashburton Licensing Committee for several years. For over twenty years he has been chairman of the Upper Ashburton Road Board, and he was also a member of the Ashburton County Council for three years. He takes an active interest in the local Caledonian Society, and is president of the Ashburton Trotting Club, and a member of the New Zealand Trotting Association. Among his well-known trotting horses are “Tracy Bell,” “Barney O'Hea,” and “M.M.” He also owns a full sister of “Tracey Bell,” and formerly owned the standard bred trotting horse “Mambrino Mac.” Mr. McLean married Miss Alice Rowley, of Christchurch, one of the most accomplished lady musicians in the Colony, and has two daughters. At the New Zealand University examinations for 1899 Mrs McLean graduated as a Bachelor of Music, and is the first lady student who obtained this degree in New Zealand.

Standish and Preece photo.
Mr. D. McLean.