Williams, James , Carter, Oamaru. Mr. Williams was born in Herefordshire, England, in 1841. When he was ten years of age he accompanied his uncle to South Australia, and was brought up to country life in that colony. In 1856 he made a tour of the colonies with a circus company, and had many novel adventures. On returning to Australia, he was for a year in Victoria, and arrived in Otago in 1862. After six months on the goldfields he settled in Dunedin, and two years later removed to the Oamaru district, where he commenced to work as a carter, on his own account, and still conducts the business. Mr. Williams is the oldest resident in the carting line in Oamaru, and at one time had as many as ten expresses and general carrying plant running in the borough. His stables and residence are in Humber Street, where he has a freehold of an acre of land. As a Freemason he is attached to Lodge Waitaki, English Constitution, and is a member of Court Pride of Oamaru, Ancient Order of Foresters. Mr. Williams was married, in 1870, to a daughter of the late Mr. Robert Richardson, of Yorkshire, England, and has five sons and one daughter.