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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Ward, Benjamin

Ward, Benjamin , Farmer, Fairfax. Mr Ward was born at Thornhill Farm, Groper's Bush, in 1863, and educated at the Groper's Bush school. He was brought up to farming on his father's farm, and has ever since followed that occupation. In 1890, he bought a farm of 100 acres, on which he conducts mixed farming. He occasionally exhibits cattle at the Western Districts Agricultural and Pastoral Association show. In 1884, Mr Ward published a small book of poems, “Food for Mirth and Lore for Learning,” which had a large circulation in Southland. Since that time he has been a contributor of prose and verse to several newspapers, and it is his intention to publish another book of poems at an early date.