Mr. David Marshall, Proprietor of the Belfast Hotel, was born in Roxburghshire, Scotland, in 1855, and came with his parents to Auckland, in 1863. After a few months on the Thames goldfields, the whole family removed to Christchurch, and the subject of this sketch was apprenticed to the building trade for six years. He afterwards took over the Mandeville Hotel, Kaiapoi, and made it the foremost hotel in the district. Mr. Marshall has been proprietor of the Belfast Hotel for some time. He has been a Freemason for many years, is a Past Master, and has been a Druid for twenty-five years. As a volunteer he was reckoned one of the best shots in his time. In 1874 he represented Canterbury for the championship belt, and gained third place. He is president of the Kaiapoi Caledonian Society. Mr. Marshall was married, in 1880, to a daughter of Mr. John Allard, and has four children.