Cameron, John, Farmer, “Glenmore,” Motunau. Mr. Cameron was born in 1841 at Rothiemurchus, Inverness-shire, Scotland, where he was educated and brought up to pastoral pursuits. For some time he was in the service of the Earl of Stamford as game-keeper and deer-stalker in Glenmore fores. He came to the Colony in the ship “Chrysolite” in 1861, and after being two years employed in station life, went to the West Coast diggings with two mates, and they were the first to find payable gold in Kanieri Creek, where they worked with good luck for two years. Mr. Cameron returned to Canterbury and took up a farm on Mount Grey Downs, where he spent twenty-five years. He sold out in 1892 and acquired his property at Glenmore, in conjunction with his eldest son. The area of the farm is 3500 acres devoted to raising cross-bred sheep. Mr. Cameron has always taken an active part in public affairs; he has been a member of the road board for many years, has acted on the cemetery and domain boards, is a vice-president and one of the founders of the North Canterbury Caledonian Society, and has been an active promoter of the Leithfield sports from the date of their establishment. Mr. Cameron served in the Kowai Volunteers and Rifle Club, and with Messrs Hunter and de Morg organised one of the first corps in the Southern Hemisphere in 1870. He was second captain of the Rifle Club and afterwards its vice president; he has gained twenty cups, besides six gold and silver medals at various shooting contests. Mr. Cameron was married in 1873 to Miss Frame, and has four sons and four daughters.