Medbury is the name of a village settlement which adjoins the northern line of railway. The flag railway station is fifty-seven miles from Christchurch, and twelve from the terminus at Culverden. It is 776 feet above the level of the sea. At the census of 1901 the population of the settlement was 130. The district is in the Waipara riding of the county of Ashley. Medbury has a public school, and a daily postal service.

Macdonald, Donald, Sheepfarmer, Riverslea Estate, Medbury. Mr. Macdonald was born on the banks of the Hinds River in 1864, was educated at the Timaru High School, and resided at Geraldine until he ased “Riverslea” in 1896. It was orlginally part of the famous Horsley Down Estate and comprises about 1,100 acres of rich agricultural and pastoral land, nearly all drained and in grass. The improvements include ten miles of netting and wire-fencing, seventeen watered paddocks, a ten-roomed house, a stable, woolshed, men's huts, etc. The running stock consists of 3000 sheep and seventy head of cattle. Mr. Macdonald has served on the school and church committees