Anderson, John D., Coldock Farm, Yaldhurst. Mr. Anderson is the second son of Mr. Henry Anderson, now of Prebbleton, who, in the eariy days of the settlement, purchased some Government land, and afterwards increased his holding to its present area, 222 acres. The homestead, surrounded by a well laid out garden and orchard, was made when there were few other buildings in the district. All the land, which is of first-class quality, has been brought under cultivation, and yields an average return of from forty to forty-five bushels of wheat, and up to seventy bushels of oats per acre. The farm has been worked on the most modern principles, to which the numerous substantial and well-equipped outbuildings bear ample testimony. Mr. John D. Anderson, who has farmed the property within recent years, was born at the homestead. He was educated in the Yaldhurst district, and afterwards trained to agriculture by his father. Mr. Anderson is a member of the Farmers' Union, and he has been for several years a member of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles.

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Mr. J. D. Anderson.

Carpenter, George Frederick, Farmer, Yaldhurst. Mr. Carpenter was born in Essex, England, in 1841. He arrived at Lyttelton in January, 1860, by the ship “Roman Emperor,” and, with his brother, cropped the land at Christchurch, now known as Lancaster Park. He was also engaged on contract work, and helped to form several of the streets in Christchurch. In 1860 Mr. Carpenter took up fifty acres at Yaldhurst, where he settled in 1863, and afterwards bought Mr. Joseph Rosewarne's property, and other holdings. Mr. Carpenter was a member of the Templeton Road Board for thirty years, and was for part of that time its chairman; he has been a member of the Domain Board since its inception, and is now (1903) chairman. He is also chairman of the Cemetery Board, member of the Waimakariri River Board, and for fifteen years he served on the local school committee. Mr. Carpenter has been twice married; first, to a sister of Mr. Stephen Chapman, of Willowby, and afterwards to a daughter of the late Mr. John Griffiths, who arrived in Lyttelton by the ship “Zealandia,” in 1870. There is a family of two sons and five daughters by the second wife.

Guy, William John, Farmer, Yaldhurst. Mr. Guy was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1857, and was brought by his parents to Lyttelton in 1862, in the ship “Queen of the Mersey.” After residing at St. Albans for three years, the father, the late Mr. Matthew Guy, took up land at Templetor., which he farmed up to the time of his death in 1886. Mr. W. J. Guy was trained on his father's farm, which he worked in conjunction with his brother Thomas for a number of years, and also engaged in contracting. About 1882 he took up his present property of 180 acres of good agricultural land, now worth £25 per acre. Since 1895 Mr. Guy has been a member of the Templeton Road Board, and for two years was chairman. He served for about eighteen years as member and chairman of the Yaldhurst school committee; he has been a member of the Templeton Domain Board for several years, and is also a member of the Riccarton Licensing Committee. Mr. Guy has been Secretary of the Templeton Foresters' Lodge, and is now a member of the Hornby Orange Lodge. He was married, in 1877, to Miss Alice Clark, and has a family of four sons and five daughters.

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Mr. and Mrs W. J. Guy.

Jackson, Arthur John, Farmer, Yaldhurst. Mr. Jackson was born near Hull, Yorkshire, England, in 1861. He was brought up as a farmer at Home, and in 1883 came out to New Zealand, via Australia, in the Orient liner “Liguria.” For about fifteen months he resided at New Brighton, where he was employed by his brother. He then removed to Yaldhurst, and took up his present farm, which comprises eighty-eight acres of freehold land, and twenty acres of leasehold. The whole area has been cultivated, and gives an average return of about thirty bushels of wheat, and from forty to fifty bushels of oats to the acre. Mr. Jackson married a daughter of Mr. Charles Gilberthorpe, an old colonist of Hornby, and has a family of two sons and two daughters.

Percy, James Brown, Farmer, Yaldhurst. Mr. Percy has a property of 106 acres of good agricultural land, which was formerly owned by Mr. E. Bowes. It has all been under crop, and produces good average yields. Mr. Percy, who carries on mixed farming, gained his experience on Sir John Hall's estate, at Hororata, where he remained up till 1900, when he went to Ashburton, and gained further experience. In August, 1902, he took over his present farm. Mr. Percy was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1866, and, at the age of ten years, arrived with his parents in New Zealand. He is married to a daughter of Mr. R. Roper, of Halkett.