Mr. William Broadhurst, Manager of the Canterbury branch of Messrs Butler Bros., was born at Walsall, England, the centre of the saddlery and allied trades, with which he has been connected from his early days. Mr. Broadhurst was trained under Messrs. Brace and Co., Ltd., in his native town. After serving seven years in England, he came to Auckland in the ship “Sam Mendell” in 1877, and continued in the employment of that firm in New Zealand for six years after he arrived. Mr. Broadhurst was subsequently in the service of Messrs Mason, Struthers and Co., of Christchurch, as manager of the saddlery department for thirteen years, and was appointed to the position he now holds in 1897. In the Masonic Order he is attached to Lodge St. Augustine, of which he is past master. Mr. Broadhurst was married in 1887 to a daughter of Mr. George Fraser, of the firm of Messrs Fraser and Tinne, Auckland.