Wright, James, Farmer, “Willow Bank,” White's Bridge; Postal address, Coutts's Island, Kaiapoi. Mr. Wright was born at Cropwell Bishop, Nottinghamshire. England, in 1854, and arrived with his parents at Lyttelton by the ship “Zealandia,” in September, 1858. His father settled in the Kaiapoi district, and about eight years later bought land at White's Bridge, where the old homestead is now part of Mr. Wright's estate. Mr. Wright has always been engaged in outdoor work, and has successfully carried on mixed farming on his own account, since 1880. He now holds 433 acres of freehold land, of which 308 acres are at Fernside. Mr. Wright has held a seat on the Eyreton Road Board since 1896, and was chairman in 1899. He has been a member of the Waimakariri Harbour Board since 1898, and of the Kaiapoi Island school committee since 1896, and chairman of the committee since 1897. Mr. Wright was married, in 1884, to a daughter of the late Mr. W. Patterson, of Swannanoa, and has six sons and one daughter.