Haining, Thomas , Farmer, “Ingleston,” Seaward Downs. Mr Haining was born in the parish of Irongray, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1862; he attended school in Kirkcudbrightshire, and also at Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, and was brought up to a country life. He arrived at Wellington in 1890, by the s.s. “Arawa,” and on coming to Southland found employment at Edendale for six weeks. Subsequently page 1072 he worked under Mr Menzies at Glenure station, Balfour, for three years, and was at Kawarau Falls station for a like period. In 1897, Mr Haining bought “Ingleston,” a farm of 178 acres, which he has considerably improved. Since settling at Seaward Downs, he has been a director of the the local dairy factory, and was elected chairman in 1902. Mr Haining was for some time an elder of the Presbyterian church at Queenstown, and also at Wyndham. He was married, in 1890, to a daughter of the late Mr John Dick, of “Thorniethwaite,” Lochmaben, Scotland.