Mr. James Berghan, Old Colonist, Ahipara. The late Mr. Berghan was born in Hokianga in 1832 and spent the greater portion of his early life in Mongonui. He adopted a seafaring life and served in an American whaler and afterwards on a ship running to Newcastle. When the gold rush broke out in Victoria he left the sea and went to the fields, spending some time at Ballarat and Bendigo. Afterwards, he was on the West Coast of New Zealand for a time, finally returning to Mongonui in 1867. He married the daughter of Mr. William Frear, of Mongonui, in 1868, and two years later moved to Ahipara, where he entered into business. He conducted a hotel for nine years, and in 1891 made his headquarters at Kaitaia where he remained until his death in November, 1893. Mr. Berghan was a quiet man of a very retiring disposition and took very little interest in public affairs. He left a widow with six sons and four daughters. Mrs. Berghan is referred to elsewhere in connection with her business.