The Borough of Greytown, which contains an estimated area of 3907 acres, has, acoording to the latest Blue Book, 314 dwellings, 213 ratepaycrs, and a total of 356 rateable properties, of the estimated annual or rental value of £8313 The Council strikes rates of 1s. in the £ for general purposes, and 1d. in the £ as a library rate. The population of the Borough, as disclosed by the census of 1896, was 1127. The members of the Borough Council at the time of writing (June, 1896) are: Messrs. J. D. Heagerty (mayor), F. H. Wood, H. S. Izard, J. Rae, J. Fabian, H. Dudding, C. J. Beard, C. J. Tully, C. Bowers, and W. H. Diddams, the officers being Messrs. H. O. Tully (town clerk), and J. Montgomery (borough foreman). The borough is not divided into wards. Councillors are elected for a term of three years, and the mayor for one year only. The meetings of the Council are held in handsome chambers on the first floor of the free library and reading-room—an imposing building erected to the order of the Borough Council by means of £600 borrowed from the Government Life Insurance Department, supplemented by local contributions. The office of the town clerk is on the ground floor at the left of the entrance door, the remainder of the space being used for library and reading-room purposes. The overdraft of the Council is being steadily reduced without preventing the performance of necessary-work, including the widening of the streets. By a poll of the ratepayers on the 3rd of June, 1896, it was decided to borrow £2000 to provide a water supply from the Waiohine River.

Councillor Charles James Tully was born in the Wairarapa in 1856. He is a son of an old settler who landed in 1840, the late Mr. John Tully, well known as one of Captain Smith's original survey party, and for many years a prominent volunteer officer in the Wellington district, and proprietor of the Tableland Estate. The subject of this notice was educated at the Wellington Grammar School. Entering the Bank of New Zealand, he remained for six years, leaving to engage in sheep and cattle breeding with his brothers on the Tableland Estate. This is situated about three miles from Martinborough, and contains one of the finest carved Maori houses in New Zealand. Mr. Tully, who is unmarried, entered the Council in 1894. He has been actively associated with all the racing, football, cricket, and general athletic and musical clubs in the district.

Councillor Tully

Councillor Charles James Beard has been a member of the Greytown Borough Council for the last five years. Born at the Hutt in 1859, Mr. Beard adopted the business of a plumber, painter, and decorator. His residence and place of business are situated in the main street, where he keeps a large stock of paperhangings, glass, and other materials. Mr. Beard takes a leading position in Greytown as a plumber, glazier, and painter. An enthusiastic footballer, he proved himself one of the best forwards in the district. As the founder of the Greytown Football Club he became its captain, holding the position for many years. A member of the Foresters' Order, Mr. Beard has passed through the chairs of the local lodge; he is also attachel to the Greytown Masonic Lodge. He is married and has five children.

Councillor Frederick Henry Wood has long been a prominent member of the Greytown Borough Council. Born at London in 1849, he received his early education at the City of London School and at Croydon. Entering mercantile life, Mr. Wood was for some time a clerk in the firm of Messrs. Newby, Carson and Co., East India and Chinese merchants. After an experience in a soft goods warehouse, he was engaged in several different lines of business, and gained an exceptional knowledge of general business. Leaving the Mother Country for the Antipodes in 1867, Mr. Wood arrived in Melbourne in the latter part of that year. Seven years later he decided to cross over to New Zealand on account of the Victorian climate disagreeing with him. Remaining but a short time in Wellington, he settled in the Wairarapa, starting in the auctioneering business in Greytown in 1876. His career has been steadily prosperous, and branches of his business have been established in Carterton, Featherston, and Martinborough. Further particulars will be found among the notices of the various business firms. For several years Mr. Wood occupied the honourable position of Mayor of Greytown, and for some years he has served as a councillor. He is the oldest member of the local Town Lands Trust. As a Freemason, he is a Past Master of the local lodge, and a member of the Royal Arch Chapter. Mr. Wood's residence is a picturesque villa surrounded by poplars and willows, and is aptly named “Homewood.” The grounds are well and tastefully laid out, and include a splendid tennis court and croquet lawn. Mr. Wood is married, and his family consists of four children. For many years he was a Justice of the Peace, but resigned some time back, as he found the duties interfered with his business.

Councillor Wood.

Councillor John Rea, who occupies a seat on the Greytown Borough Council, is a native of Sheffield, where he was born in 1846. After serving his apprenticeship with Mr. Wilson, of Northampton, he became leading smith for Messrs. Bush, Henson and Bush, of Nottingham, a prominent coachbuilding firm with which he remained for sixteen years. He set sail for New Zealand in October, 1883, by the ship “Sukar,” which arrived in Dunedin on the 22nd of January, 1884. For some years Mr. Rea worked at his trade in Wellington, adding colonial experience to his already large British and Continental experience. In 1891 he removed to Greytown, and founded the business which has prospered so well under his able supervision. Mr. Rea has been successful as an exhibitor at the local shows, securing three first awards at the Wairarapa Agricultural and Pastoral Association's show held in 1895, for vehicles made at the Greytown factory. In local politics Mr. Rea has willingly given his services. He has been elected a life member of the Greytown Fire Brigade, and takes an interest in the recreation of the people, being president of the Greytown Football Club. Mr. Rea is a married man, having a family of six sons, several of whom are assisting in the business. One son has already served his apprenticeship with Messrs. S. Luke and Co., Limited, the well-known iron and brass founders and range makers, of Wellington, and is now employed at the extensive works of Messrs. Cable and Co. in the Empire City.

Councillor Horatio Dudding, who has a seat on the Greytown Borough Council, was born at Lincolnshire, England, in 1843. He is the youngest son of the late Mr. Richard Dudding, the celebrated sheep and shorthorn breeder of Panton House, Lincolnshire. For over a century the Duddings have engaged in the same business, and were the promoters of the now famous Panton breed. The subject of this office came to New Zealand in page 874 1860 in the ship “Matoka.” Shortly after arrival he commenced to study the profession of a surveyor under the late Mr. J. C. Boyes at Rangiora, Canterbury, and afterwards practised as a surveyor and commission agent for a number of years in that district. Coming to the Wairarapa in 1878, he has been engaged in farming pursuits. Mr. Dudding has been connected with public affairs in the Colony since 1869, when he was returned at the head of the poll in the election of the Mandeville and Rangiora Road Board. His brother, Mr. Henry Dudding, of “Rigby Grove,” Lincolnshire, owns the-well-known Panton flock, already named. This breed obtain the highest prices of the day, and are an unprecedented success in the show yards

Mr. Harry Octavius Tully, Town Clerk of the Greytown Borough Council, is a son of a late well-known run-holder in the Wairarapa. Born in 1870, in Greytown, he attended the local school, and subsequently went to Wellington College, where he remained until he was seventeen years of age. Mr. Tully was employed by Mr. H. H. Walters, County Clerk at Carterton, and afterwards by Mr. F. H. Wood, of Greytown, as clerk. Joining the Bank of Australasia, in Wellington, he remained four years, but was compelled to give up his position in 1893 by ill-health. Two years later he was appointed to his present position. Mr. Tully has taken a prominent part in football; as a member of the Wellington Club he was one of the senior championship fifteen. He also played in the Rangitikei first fifteen, and was chosen as a Wairarapa Union representative in 1894. He has since played for the Greytown Club, which claims to be the premier club of the Wairarapa. In tennis, Mr. Tully is a member of the Carterton Club. He has also been interested as a member of the Wairarapa Hunt Club. The subject of this notice, who is a brother of Messrs. Tully Bros., of Longbush and the Tableland, and of Councillor Tully, of Greytown, also acts as a general commission agent.

Mr. Hart Udy, senr., twice occupied the mayoral chair of the Borough of Greytown. This well known pioneer, who passed away on the 27th of November, 1890, aged eighty-two years, was born in Cornwall in 1808. He served an apprenticeship as a builder and implement maker, and married in 1832. Seven years later he left England for New Zealand with his wife and family, arriving in Petone in February, 1840, by the ship “Duke of Roxburgh.” For some time he worked for Sir Francis Molesworth. building the first cutter and the first house of New Zealand woods After working in Wellington for three years, he went to live at page 875 Waiwetu, where he worked at his trade for many years. Removing to Stokes Valley, he erected the first sawmill in 1857. Having secured some valuable bush land at Matarawa, he transferred his family and carried on a sawmilling business till 1865, when he retired, leaving it to his sons. Mr. Udy was at one time a member of the Petone Town Board, and sat on the first Carterton-Taratahi Highway Board. Twice he was elected mayor of Greytown, of which borough he served also as a councillor. In the Greytown Rifles Mr. Udy and his sons served during the native troubles. In Greytown, where he lived during the latter years of his life, he was much beloved. He took an active part in church work, for many years acting as a local preacher in the Wesleyan church. Mr. Udy and his family of four sons and three daughters appear in the accompanying engraving. His widow died in January, 1896, aged eighty-three years. The subject of this sketch was eighty-two years of age at the time when the photograph was taken.

Mr. R. G. Welch.
Mr. T. Tillwood.
Mr. T. Udy
Mr. Hart Udy.
Mr. John Udy.
Mr. Wm. Udy.
Mr. Jas. Ticehurst.
Mrs. Welch. (nee Jane Udy)
Mrs. Tillwood. (nee Sarah Udy).
Mrs. T Udy.
Mrs. H. Udy.
Mr. H. Udy, senr.
Mrs. H. Udy, senr.
Mrs. J. Udy.
Mrs. W. Udy.
Mrs. Ticehurst.

Mr. Hart Udy, J. P., who was at one time Mayor of the borough of Greytown, was born in Cornwall, England. He is the eldest son of the late Mr. Hart Udy, and came to New Zealand with his parents when five years old. When nine years of age he went to assist his father in the business of a builder and wheelwright. In 1855 he was married to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. C. Holland, of Petone, and came to live in Greytown on 400 acres purchased at Matarawa. With his father, he engaged in sawmilling. He erected his residence in Kuratawhiti Road, Greytown, in 1800. In 1879 Mr. Gallon joined Mr. Udy, as Udy and Gallon, which partnership subsisted till 1893, when the latter became sole owner, Mr. Udy starting a mill in the Forty-Mile Bush. This is situate at Brownstown on the Wellington-Woodville railway line. Fifteen men are employed sawing rimu, totara matai, and white pine, the capacity being 130,000 feet a month. The native reserve Mr. Udy has leased is estimated to provide material for twelve or fourteen years sawing. Mr. Udy has six children, four sons and two daughters, one of the latter being organist at Wesley Church, Greytown. As choirmaster and circuit steward in the same church for many years, Mr. Udy has been prominent. He was a member of the Waiohine River Board, and a councillor of the borough of Greytown. In 1884 he was elected Mayor. In the Greytown Rifles he served till the company disbanded, and afterwards in the Greytown Cavalry for two years.

Mr. Sam Haigh, who for three years held a seat in the Greytown Borough Council, was born in 1844 in Wellington, where he was educated. He came to Greytown in 1873. He now conducts the leading butchering establishment, to which reference is made elsewhere. Mr. Haigh is a member of the Waiohine River Board, the Town Lands Trust, and acts as a trustee of the Greytown Recreation Reserve. He is married and has a family of thirteen children.

Waiohine River Board for 1896 consists of Messrs. G. Wyett (chairman), W. Axup, S. Haigh, J. D. Heagerty, and R. Judd. The district governed by the Board was constituted in 1875. It was created for the purpose of protecting Greytown from the encroachment of the River Waiohine which, at that time, ran through the township in several places, and sometimes threatened its destruction, many people leaving the district in consequence. As a result of the efforts of the Board, the flow of the river has been practically confined to one channel, and the water does not now come into the township. For some years a rate of one shilling in the pound was levied, but this has now been reduced to ninepence. The Board has a reserve of sixty-three acres, originally bought for the purpose of carrying off the flood water, which is now let at a rental of £50 a year.

The Greytown Town Lands Trust is managed by elected Trustees, viz:–Messrs. G. Wyett (chairman), S. Haigh, F. H. Wood, J. D. Heagerty, H. S. Izaud, and R. Bright, junr. In the year 1853 the Wairarapa Small Farm Association was instituted by some of the early settlers of the district. As a result of an interview from this body, the Government, under Sir George Grey, was induced to buy some thousands of acres from the Maoris, Greytown being named after the governor. The association was first managed by a committee consisting of Messrs. W. Allen, J. Masters, C. R. Carter, H. H. Jackson, and A. W. Renall. The lands were sold by the committee at ten shillings per acre, in blocks of forty acres, and one town acre. In 1871 an Act was passed vesting all unsold town acres and a town belt of forty-eight acres, which has been bought by the committee in a Board of Trustees. The rents received therefrom were directed to be used for education and purposes of general utility for the benefit of the resiresidents of the township. The Greytown Town Lands Trust gives an annual grant of £60 to the public school, £60 to the Institute and Free Library, and smaller grants to the Fire Brigade and Park, as occasion requires.

Greytown Free Public Library and Reading Room. Librarian, Miss E. E. Stone. This excellent institution was established by means of a loan to the Borough Council, together with public subscriptions. It is, of course, under the control of the Council, whose chamber and offices are inthe same building, a two-story wooden structure in the centre of the town. The library and public reading-room are on the ground floor, and the ladies' reading-room and council chambers on the upper floor. The reading-room, which is well supplied with papers and magazines, together with the library, is open daily. The subscription is ten shillings per annum for non-ratepayers, and five shillings per annum for ratepayers.

The Greytown Volunteer Fire Brigade was established in 1882, Mr. James Baillie, the present secretary and treasurer, being the first captain. The old station having been destroyed by fire, the present commodious premises were erected in 1889. Subscriptions for the work were readily obtained, and the members of the Brigade rendered their services. A grant of £10 a year is made by the Greytown Borough Council. The strength of the Brigade is about fifty members, Captain James Maguire being in command, assisted by two lieutenants. The fire appliances consist of two of Mereweather's manuals, one hand engine, and about 1000 feet of hose. The ground floor of the station contains the engine-room, social-room, and library, the upper floor being utilised as meeting-room and gymnasium.

Captain James Maguire, Captain of the Greytown Volunteer Fire Brigade, who was born at Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1844, is a bricklayer by trade. Coming to New Zealand in 1869, he worked at his trade for nine years in various parts of the colonies. In 1872 he returned to Wellington, and soon afterwards settled in Greytown. While in Wellington he had a good experience in “fire fighting,” as a member of the Wellington Fire Brigade under Captain Whiteford. Captain Maguire assisted in forming the Greytown Brigade, of which he has been a member up to the time of writing He is a member of the Greytown Lodge of Freemasons, and is attached to the Oddfellows' and Foresters' Societies.

The Greytown Brass Band. This band was established in 1877 by Mr. Varnham, who has been the bandmaster since that time, and to him much credit is due for the way in which he has kept the members together. There are seventeen instruments altogether in the band, which practises on each Tuesday and Friday in the Fire Brigade Hall. The band performs at the principal race meetings and shows, and is considered the premier band of the district.

Mr. Milton Rhodes Varnham, Bandmaster of the Greytown Brass Band, was born in 1860, in Wellington, where he was educated. Coming to the Wairarapa, he served his time with Messrs. Bishop and Hawkins, architects. Mr. Varnham practises his profession in Greytown, his residence being situated in Main Street. He is a member of the Masonic Order, being attached to the local Lodge. As a volunteer he was connected with the Greytown Corps, in which he held the position of ensign. Mr. Varnham is a married man and has two children.

Mr. M. R. Varham.

The Greytown Rifle Club came into existance in 1891, on the disbandment of the local volunteer corps Its strength is about thirty. Captain Daniel Cameron is in command, Mr. H. Walden being the secretary. The range, which is situated at Papawai, is considered one of the best in the Colony. The Warrararapa Challenge Cup, in connection with the Rifle Association, has been won once by the club, and the Buchanan Cap was won twice, Mr. H. S. Izard and Mr. J. Oates being the members who upheld the honour of the club in these contests.

Mr. Daniel Cameron, Captain of the Greytown Rifle Club, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1856, and came with his parents to Dunedin in 1861, and went to Taranaki in 1863 with his father, who served all through the Maori war. The subject of this notice served his apprenticeship to the carriage building trade at New Plymouth. In 1873 he joined the Forest Rangers, serving at Pukearuhe under Captain Messenger, and afterwards joined the Taranaki Volunteers. In 1877 he moved to Greytown, and three years later equired the carriage works formerly owned by Mr. William Black. Being one of the best rifle shots in the district, he has won numerous trophies, including a handsome marble clock presented by Mr. W. C. Buchanan, M.H.R., for the highest aggregate scorer in County West Corps, Wairarapa Association, in 18804, and also a silver cup and five guineas, being second for the belt in the W.M.A. in 1887. At a recent volunteer review held in Taranaki, as senior captain, he acted as major of the fourth battalion under Acting-Colonel Blythe. He assisted in the formation of the Greytown Volunteer Corps in 1878, being elected Lieutentant the same year and Captain in 1886, and appointed to the unattached active list of New Zealand Volunteer Force in 1891, and still holds that position. As captain of the Greytown Rifle Club he has held office since its formation. Captain Cameron was in command of the Greytown volunteers who assisted in the Parihaka campaign. Mrs. Cameron is the second daughter of the late Mr. William Humphries, one of the earliest settlers in Greytown. The family consists of three sons and two daughters. Mr. Cameron gained gold medals at the Wairarapa Agricultural Shows of 1890 and 1891 for vehicles, and holds numerous first prizes awarded since 1880. His factory is situated in Main Street, Greytown, in which town he has always taken a great interest in all local affairs. He was a Councillor for nine years, and is a great lover of athetic sports, and was elected one of the representatives of the Wellington team of footballers who played in Auckland and Nelson in 1880.

Captain Cameron