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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Farmers

Farmers.

Earl, John, Farmer, Kakahu, near Geraldine. Mr. Earl was born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1833, and was brought up to farming in the Old Country. He came to Victoria in 1855 by the ship “Caroline,” and was on Castlemaine and Bendigo and all the principal diggings of Victoria. After that he visited New Zealand and was prospecting for a time on the Hauraki Peninsula. He then returned to Australia, but in 1866 he came over again to New Zealand and was for three years on the West Coast of the South Island. Subsequently Mr. Earl removed to page 897 South Canterbury, and took up land at Kakahu, where he has been farming ever since. He resides on a farm of 350 acres and has several other farms in the district, and raises sheep, cattle and grain. Mr. Earl was married in Melbourne, Victoria, to Miss Bahane, and has a family of eleven. Mrs Earl was the first married woman on the Canterbury Plains.

Kakahu Gorge. Miss Nina Meredith, photo.

Kakahu Gorge. Miss Nina Meredith, photo.

Mr. and Mrs J. Earl.

Mr. and Mrs J. Earl.

Hutchinson, A. V. M., Sheepfarmer, Kakahu, Geraldine. Mr. Hutchinson was born in India in 1869, and educated at the Military College, Oxford, England. He came to New Zealand in 1896, in the s.s. “Kaikoura,” and served as a cadet on Mount Peel and Orari stations. In 1899 Mr. Hutchinson bought his present property of 2100 acres from Mr. W. P. Studholme. The land consists of rolling downs and the soil is of rich limestone formation. It has all been cultivated with excellent results, and grows grain, grass, rape and other root crops to perfection. The flock consists of English Leicester crosses, and a large number is annually fattened for the export trade. Mr. Hutchinson has made many improvements and the commodious dwellinghouse is charmingly situated, and is surrounded by a plantation of quick growing pines. Mr. Hutchinson was married in 1896, to Miss Buchanan, of Little River, a daughter of one of Canterbury's earliest and most prominent settlers.

Kakahu Estate. This property was first taken up as a run in 1856 by Mr. Campion, and sold to Mr. Cox in 1861. Mr. Cox, in his turn, sold to the late Major Hornbrook, from whom Messrs Studholme and Wigley purchased the station. Mr. John Studholme, father of the present proprietor, subsequently bought out his partner. The property now consists of 10,000 acres of freehold and a leasehold of 2000 acres of a corporation reserve. A large area of the land is under artificial grass, and a considerable portion is cropped year by year. The flock consists chiefly of English Leicester and Merino crosses. “Kakahu” abounds in limestone, which yields ninety-eight per cent. of pure white lime, and there is also an abundance of coal clay and good building stone, but an extension of the railway is necessary to the development of these resources. The improvements of the Property include a new dwellinghouse, outbuildings, plantations, gardens, lawns, and eighty miles of wire fences.

Mr. William Paul Studholme, J.P., of Kakahu, Hilton, is the second son of the late Mr. John Studholme, of Merivale. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and at Magdalen College, Oxford. Mr. Studholme is a barrister of the Inner Temple, and graduated in law honours at Oxford. He married Mabel, only daughter of Mr. Henry Francis Gray, of Waihora, Woodend.

Head of Kakahu River. Miss Nina Meredith, photo.

Head of Kakahu River. Miss Nina Meredith, photo.