Wainui is on the sea coast within four miles of Akaroa, with which it has communication twice a week, and also with Lyttelton once a week by means of a small steamer. The district has a cheese factory, and grows grass seed extensively, and sheepfarming is also carried on by the settlers. Red clay abounds in the neighbourhood, hares are plentiful, and there is good seafishing. Mails are received and despatched twice a week, and the local post office has a postal note branch and a telephone service. There is also a public school with an average attendance of twenty-eight. Church services are held in the schoolroom on three Sundays in the month, by the Presbyterian and Church of England ministers at Akaroa. Wainui is sixty miles from Christchurch.

Mr. Harry Oriano Grandi Haylock, who was appointed manager of the Wainui Co-operative Dairy Factory in September, 1902, is a son of Mr. Harry Haylock, farmer, of the Kaike. Mr. Haylock was born in 1873, and educated at the Onuku public school, in the lower Kaike valley. He worked for a number of years at the watchmaking trade in Lyttelton, but left that business at the age of twenty-one, and commenced farming with his father. Mr. Haylock was for some years a member of the local school committee, and at the present time (1903) is a member of various social clubs.

“Bay View,” Wainui. This estate is beautifully situated, and overlooks the entrance to the Akaroa harbour. It comprises 125 acres of fertile land, which is well fenced, subdivided, and sown in cocksfoot and other good grasses. The property is worked as a dairy farm. “Bay View” was one of the first places in the district to possess cow bails with concrete foundations, which have proved of much advantage for sanitary purposes.

Mr. William James Warner, Proprietor of Bay View estate, was born in Akaroa, in 1866, and educated at the Wainui public school. On leaving school he helped his father on the farm until the latter's death in 1877, when, being the only son, he became sole owner of the property. Mr. Warner is a director of the Wainui Co-operative Dairy Factory Company, Limited, and a regular supplier to the factory. He takes an interest in sporting matters, and is a member of the Akaroa Coursing Club. In 1889 Mr. Warner was married to Miss Wright, daughter of Mr. W. Wright, proprietor of daughter of Mr. W. Wright, proprietor of “French Farm.” He has a family of one son and three daughters.

Mr. and Mrs W. J. Warner.

Kennedy, Duncan, Farmer, Wainui. Mr. Kennedy was born in Lochaber, Inverness-shire, Scotland, in 1818, and is a descendant of the Kennedys of Leannachan, whose property was forfeited owing to their attachment to the cause of the Stuarts. In early years he followed pastoral pursuits in the district of Loch. Treig, and in 1843 he entered the service of the late Mr. H. Duncan Buchanan, on the shores of Loch Leven, and three years later he became head shepherd for the late Mr. Robert McIntyre, for whom he subsequently managed all the pastoral country on the north banks of the river Coe, from its source to the sea. In 1858, Mr. Kennedy came out to New Zealand in the ship “Indiana,” under engagement with the late Mr H. Buchanan, of Kinloch, Little River, and was for three years at Piraki and Long Bay. He purchased his first section of land from the Crown in 1861, and subsequently made other additions to his farm, which now comprises 815 acres. Cheese, beef and grass-seed were the chief products of the farm for many years, but Mr. Kennedy now keeps sheep, and has a fine flock of English Leicesters grazing in his well-grassed, well-fenced paddocks. The best rams from the most noted flocks in the Colony are used for stud purposes. While he kept cattle Mr. Kennedy was very successful with his Shorthorns at the local show. Mr. Kennedy has served on the school committee, cemetery board and the Agricultural and Pastoral Association. He is married, and has four sons and one daughter.

Mr. D. Kennedy.

Scott, Walter Ellis, Farmer, Wainui. Mr. Scott is a son of Mr. Eli Scott, and was born at Pigeon Bay in 1865. After leaving school he helped on his father's farm for a short time, and when he was fifteen he went to the North Island. He farmed in Taranaki for some years, and returned to the south in 1895, when he purchased his present property of 145 acres at Wainui, where he grows grass-seed and carries on dairy farming. Mr. Scott is a director of the Wainui Co-operative Dairy Factory Company, Limited, and is one of the factory's chief suppliers. He is a member of the local school committee, and of the Akaroa Boating Club; is interested in various sports and pastimes, and joined the order of Oddfellows many years ago. Mr. Scott was married, in 1890, to Miss C. Reynish, of Pigeon Bay, and has one daughter and two sons.

Torcross Estate, (James Reid, proprietor), Wainui. This estate was founded by the late Mr. James Reid, who, in the early seventies, bought its first section consisting of about 100 acres. It is situated well up the valley in Wainui, and embraces a considerable area of hilly country. “Torcross” is 734 acres in extent, and is well fenced and subdivided, and in a high state of improvement. Sheepfarming is the chief industry on the property.

Mr. James Reid, Founder of Torcross Estate, Wainui, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1815. He was trained as a farmer, and devoted himself to that calling. Mr. Reid left Scotland in 1869, arrived in Dunedin in the beginning of the following year, and shortly afterwards removed to Banks' Peninsula. He soon laid the foundation of Torcross estate, and devoted the remainder of his life to its expansion and improvement. Mr. Reid was a farmer of a progressive type; whilst in Scotland he held the position of judge at various agricultural shows, and was also a member of several public bodies. The same enterprise characterised his efforts at Wainui, and was an element in his success. page 638 Mr. Reid was twice married, firstly, to Miss Anne Mercer, and secondly, to Miss Hannah Caldwell, whom he survived. He died in 1899, and left three sons and three daughters. One of his sons predeceased him.

Mr. J. Reid's Residence.

The late Mr. J. Reid.

Turner, Joseph Henry, Farmer, Wainui. Mr. Turner was born in Akaroa in 1864, and is the eldest son of the late Mr. Thomas Turner. He received some education at the German Bay and Wainui public schools, but at an early age turned his attention to farming. At his father's death in 1875, the farm was divided among the three sons; one of these was subsequently bought out, and this left the property evenly divided between the remaining two. Mr. Joseph Turner devotes his attention chiefly to sheep grazing, and grass-seed growing. He has been a member of the local school committee for upwards of sixteen years, and has three times been its chairman. He was also at one time a director of the local diary factory. Mr. Turner was married, in 1886, to Miss Elizabeth Hammond, of German Bay, and has one son and four daughters.

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Mr. J. H. Turner.

Mr. Malcolm MacKinnon, father of Mrs Archibald MacPhail, died in 1860 at an old age. He landed in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1838, and two years afterwards arrived in Christchurch. In 1841, he made his way to Akaroa, where he remained till 1842. He afterwards took up the Island Bay estate, which he farmed till his death. Mr MacKinnon's wife arrived in Christchurch with her husband in 1840.

Mrs M. MacKinnon.

Mr. Thomas Turner, sometime of Wainui, was born and educated in Cumberland, England. He was trained as a cooper and spent some years at his trade. In 1860 he left England for New Zealand, and shortly after his arrival went to Akaroa, near which he rented property, and farmed there for about four years. In 1867 he bought about 190 acres in Wainui, where he carried on farming till his death in 1875. Mr. Turner married Miss Pascoe, of Cornwall, England, and had five sons and one daughter.

Mr. Thomas Warner was born at Oxford, England. He arrived at Lyttelton in the early sixties, and shortly afterwards began to work for Mr. William Wright on the Peninsula. After a few years Mr. Warner purchased the estate at Wainui since known as “Bay View,” where he farmed till his death in 1877.

The late Mr. T. Warner.

Mr. James Wright, Old Colonist, sometime of Wainui, was born in 1816, at Cranbrook, Kent, England, where, after leaving school, he followed farming. He subsequently joined the Life Guards, but, becoming lame, he obtained his discharge, and came out, in 1840, to New Zealand, in the ship “Martha Ridgway.” After his arrival he engaged for some time in whaling, and eventually settled at Piraki, where he had a share in the station, and followed whaling for many years. Mr. Wright's first purchase of land covered only fifty acres, which he bought from the New Zealand Company, but a few years later, in conjunction with Mr. Lucas, he leased 5000 acres from the New Zealand Government. He bought the freehold of 1600 acres, now in possession of his family, and devoted to dairying, rearing and fattening sheep, and growing wool and cocksfoot grass seed. Mr. Wright bought his first cows from Mr. Deans, and while carrying on dairying he sold cheese at one shilling per pound, and butter at as much as two shillings and sixpence per pound. In 1837 Mr. Wright married Miss Horston, of Cranbrook, Kent, and when he died, on the 25th of June 1894, he left nine sons and three daughters living, and two sons and one daughter had predeceased him.

The late Mr. J. Wright.

Mrs. J. Wright.

Mr. George H. Wright is the son of Mr. James Wright, and was born in 1844, at Akaroa, where he was apprenticed to the carpentering trade, which he followed for years in various parts of the Colony. He is now retired, and lives on the family property at Wainui. Mr. Wright is a Freemason, and has passed through the various chairs.