Kerr, William Laing , Farmer, Mokotua. Mr Kerr was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1846, and accompanied his parents to New Zealand in 1819, in the ship “Mariner,” which landed at Port Chalmers. He went to school at Green Island, and, in 1862, left for Southland with his father, who bought the farm now owned by Mr Kerr. Mr Kerr's father afterwards settled in Invercargill, and let the farm for fourteen years to his son, who bought it at the end of the lease. Mr Kerr was married, in 1869, to a daughter of Mr Warden, of Rimu, and six sons and two daughters were born of this union. In 1902 he took, as his second wife, a daughter of the late Mr Forsyth, of Milton, and there is one daughter by the marriage. During his residence in the district Mr Kerr has closely identified himself with its local institutions, and has been for many years a member of the Oteramika Road Board, and of the school committee. He is session clerk for the district, and was for many years superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday school. His farm has an area of 450 acres, and is one of the best in the district.