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Morris, Joseph, Farmer, North Road, Styx. Mr. Morris was born in Woodend, Canterbury, and was educated at the public school. His father, Mr. John Morris, on whose farm he was brought up, arrived in Christchurch when it was a mere village. After working for his father for eight years, and for five with his brother, Mr. Morris purchased his present farm of twenty-one acres, in the year 1900. The land, which is very rich, is well cultivated, and yields large crops of cereals and potatoes, onions and mangolds. The dwellinghouse at the North Road is pleasantly situated within a small plantation. Mr. Morris is a member of the Foresters' Lodge at Belfast, and is at present (July, 1902) its secretary. He has passed through all the chairs, and now holds a Past Chief Ranger's certificate.