Hayward, James , Farmer, Riverside. Mr Hayward was born in 1857, in Adelaide, South Australia. He was brought by his parents to Southland in 1863, and was educated at Waianiwa, where he was brought up to country life. When fifteen years of age, he commenced to drive teams on the road, and worked for his father till attaining his majority. He was then employed page 1008 for some time on a threshing mill. When twenty-two years of age, he bought a team of horses, and began ploughing by contract at Monte Christo, Waimatuku. In 1880, Mr Hayward took up 200 acres of land at Dipton, and resided there for eighteen years. He then bought 261 acres, part of the Riverside estate, and acquired an additional area of 476 acres in 1903. Mr Hayward devotes his land chiefly to sheep and cattle grazing. He has been chairman of the Riverside school committee since 1903. Mr Hayward was married, on the 27th of July, 1881, to a daughter of Mr James Grant of Geelong, Victoria, and has three sons and two daughters.