Pearson, George William, Farmer, Southbrook, Mr. Pearson was born at Flaxton, in 1876, was brought up as a farmer, and has worked his property, which is forty-one acres in extent, since 1899. He also possesses a full threshing machine and chaff-cutting plant, which is in demand for many miles around. Mr. Pearson has been a member of the North Canterbury Mounted Rifles. He was married, in 1900, to a daughter of the late Mr. G. Ridley, of Fendalton, and has one son.