Stipendiary Magistrate's Court.

Mr. Charles Allen Wray, Stipendiary Magistrate and Coroner at Timaru, and Sheriff for South Canterbury, is a son of the late Capt. L. H. Wray, R.N., and was born in October, 1840. He was educated at the Royal Naval School, New Cross, near London, joined the Indian Navy in Bombay in 1856, and served through the Persian war of 1856–1857, and afterwards in the Naval Brigade, Bengal, 1857–1859 (Indian Mutiny). On the abolition of the service, he became entitled to a pension, and went to China, where he gained experience in a legal office at Hong Kong. In 1864, Mr. Wray arrived in Auckland by the barque “Migrator.” He was engaged for a time in survey work under the Government, and, in conjunction with Messrs Percy Smith, Wilson, and George Williams, executed surveys of military settlements on the West Coast of the North Island. On the outbreak of the Titokowaru rebellion, in 1868, he joined the Colonial Forces under Colonels McDonnell and Whitmore, and served as a captain in the New Zealand Militia during the war on the West Coast. On the termination of hostilities he was appointed to the charge of confiscated lands on the West Coast by Sir Donald McLean, and afterwards was Commissioner of Crown Lands for the West Coast district, North Island. In 1877 Mr. Wray was appointed Resident Magistrate for Patea and Hawera, and was transferred to Timaru in 1888. He holds two war medals for services in India and New Zealand. Mr. Wray was married, in 1865, to a daughter of the late Mr. George Williams, of Remuera, Auckland, and has had three sons and three daughters.

Ferrier, photo.Mr. C. A. Wray.

Mr. Thomas Howley, Clerk of the District Court and Magistrate's Court, Deputy-Sheriff and Returning-Officer, Clerk to the Licensing Committee, and Registrar of Electors, is the fourth son of the late Mr. P. C. Howley, ex-High Sheriff for the county of Sligo, and a J.P. for the counties of Mayo and Sligo, Ireland. He was born in Baleek Castle, County Mayo, in 1840, and was educated at Clongowes Wood College, in Ireland, and was admitted to practise as a solicitor in 1863. In the same year he left his native country for the antipodes, arriving at Auckland by the ship “Helvellyn.” He entered the Government service and was or some time in the Deeds Department in Auckland, and in 1866 went to Wellington, where he was for three years in the magistrate's court. He was appointed clerk of the court at Timaru in 1869, and has held that position to the present time. Mr. Howley was married in 1871 to a sister of Mr. J. W. White, Crown solicitor, of Timaru, and has two daughters.

Mr. T. Howley.