Ward, Henry , Farmer, Te Tua. Mr Ward was born in Tasmania, in 1859, and was brought to Southland by his parents as an infant. The family settled at Groper's Bush, where Mr Ward was educated and brought up on his father's farm. In 1894, he settled in the Te Tua district, where he acquired a property of 480 acres of freehold. The land was then almost covered with bush, but 160 acres have been cleared, and this area is devoted to sheep grazing and mixed farming. Mr Ward is interested in the development of the flax industry, and has recently erected a mill, in conjunction with his brothers, at the Waiau river. Mr Ward served as a volunteer at Clinton in the early days, and has been a member of the Te Tua school committee since its inception. He was married, in 1894, to a daughter of the late Mr George Grey, of Riverton, and has two sons and three daughters,