Youngson, John, Sheep and Cattle Farmer, “The Bend,” Mauriceville East. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1838, and educated at the Aberdeen, College and Grammar School, Mr. Youngson entered a lawyer's office in Edinburgh. In 1869 he came to Port Chalmers by the ship “Otago.” After experience in goldmining, sawmilling and contracting, he became a teacher, serving twelve years altogether at Milton, Otago, and Brooklands, Canterbury. In 1885 Mr. Youngson came up to the Forty-Mile Bush, where he had taken up 270 acres. Having started an orchard, Mr. Youngson was the first to grow strawberries in the locality, in which he met with great success. He also entered into the dairy industry. His flock now numbers thirty head of cattle and about 600 sheep. The slab whare originally erected on the property has been displaced by a handsome wooden residence, one of the best homesteads in the district. Mr. Youngson, who is the president of the Mauriceville Settlers' Club, was for some time chairman of the Mangamahoe School Committee. Mr. Youngson is married and has seven children.