Lord, Edwin, Farmer, Ohoka. Mr. Lord was born at Halkett, near Kirwee, Canterbury, page 517 in 1865, and was brought up to country life. In 1893 he settled at Ohoka, where he has since resided on his leasehold farm of ninety-nine acres. He engages in mixed farming, and has a number of cows in milk. Mr. Lord was married on the 5th of April, 1893, to a daughter of the late Mr. C. P. Meng, of Ohoka, and has two daughters.

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Mr. E. Lord.

Mehrtens, George, Farmer, Ohoka. This well known settler was born in 1842, in the province of Hanover, Germany, and was engaged in country pursuits till coming to the colony by the ship “Lancashire Witch” in 1863. He followed various occupations in Ohoka till 1868, when the country was all covered with flax, raupo, and scrub, and there were no roads when he first settled in the district. Mr. Mehrtens' farm consists of 142 acres, which he has brought into a state of excellent cultivation. He was married, in 1867, to a daughter of Mr H. Deetjen, of Hanover, and has one son and four daughters.

Skevington, Thomas, Farmer, Bradling's Road, Ohoka. Mr. Skevington was born in Waikuku in 1866, brought up to country life, and began farming on his own account at Ohoka in 1890. His farm consists of 100 acres of freehold, and thirty-one acres of leasehold land. He also has 639 acres at East Eyreton, where he engages in sheepfarming. Mr. Skevington has been a member of the Eyreton Road Board since 1900, and is also a member of the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Society, and of the Order of Oddfellows. He was married, on the 22nd of October, 1890, to a daughter of Mr. W. Moore, of St. Albans, and has one daughter and three sons.

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Mr. and Mrs T. Skevington.