J.P's in South Canterbury, N.Z. in 1896

Evening Post, 11 December 1914, Page 4
Mr. J. Anstey (Waitaki) was born in Devonshire in 1856, and was brought up on his father's farm. He came out to Lyttelton about 1877, and for about three years found employment as a shearer, farm labourer, engine-driver, etc. In 1880 he acquired a freehold of 132 acres at Pareora (since disposed of), and in November, 1889, leased an educational reserve of 417 acres in the Beaconsfield district, where he has resided since. He has taken an active interest in the Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association, of which he has been a director for over twenty years. Mr. Anstey was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1897. He was a member of the Land Commission which was set up by the Seddon Government in 1905 to enquire into questions regarding conditions of land settlement, reading, access, etc. He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1907, and retired in January, 1914, on the expiration of his seven years' term.

Otago Witness,  26 February 1902, Page 18
WELLINGTON, February 20,
The following persons have been appointed justices the peace .—John Brunt, Christchurch ; Andrew Carter, Makikihi; David De Maus, Port Chalmers ; William Dixon, Fairlie ; Charles Duke, Waikouaiti; Daniel Durbridge, Riverton ; James Copland, Gore : Claud Ferrier, Lyttelton; John Halfield, Sydenham; John Hole, Timaru.

Evening Post, 23 September 1909, Page 7
A considerable addition to the rank of New Zealand Justices of the Peace will be gazetted this evening. The list divided into districts, is as follows: Canterbury
J. Black, Waimate
J. Fraser, Lyalldale, Waimate
J. Gibson, Temuka
J. Henderson, Esk Valley
J J McKeowen, Springbrook, Waimate
R. Macaulay, Milford, Temuka
J McInnes, Winchester, Geraldine
M. O'Connor, Pleasant Point
W. B. North, Geraldine
N. O'Toole, Fairlie
W. Priest, Timaru
J. Rothwell, Timaru
H. S. Russell, Timaru
A. Heckler, Waikouaiti, Otago

Timaru Herald, 17 June 1880, Page 8
Vitas Statistics. During the month of May, 30 births, 3 marriages, and 8 deaths were registered at the Timaru office.
New Justices. The following gentlemen resident in South Canterbury have been appointed Justices of the Peace for New Zealand :
Edward Acton, Pleasant Point
George Barclay, Geraldine
Samuel Delabere Barker, Temuka
Arthur Joseph Hawdon, Peel Forest
Frederick Le Cren, Timaru
William Jukes Steward, Waimate
Andrew Turnbull, Pareora.

Star 12 July 1875, Page 2 Papers  Past
Justices of Peace, Canterbury.— The following South Canterbury names appear in the now Commission of the Peace, published in the General Government Gazette of July 2 :—
J. B. Ackland, Mount Peel
F. Archer, Timaru
H. Belfield, Timaru
W. C. Beswick, Timaru
E. L. Clogstoun, Mount Four Peaks
J. R. W. Cooke, Blue Cliffs Station
D.J. Dennistoun, Haldon Station
E. Elworthy, Timaru
R. G. Tisch, Geraldine
M. Gray, Ashwick
T. W. Hall, Timaru
F. J. Kimbell, Burkes Pass
H. J. LeCren, Timaru
P. B. Luxmoore, Timaru
W. K. Macdonald, Orari
AEneas M'Intosh M'Pherson, Orari
A. Ormsby, Timaru
C.S. Perring, Timaru
John Rochfort, Timaru
P. H. Russell, Timaru
W. U. Slack, Orari
W. C. Smith, Mackenzie country
E. G. Stericker, Timaru
M. Studholme, Waimate
R. G. D. Tosswill, Timaru
E. Wakefield, Timaru
F. H. M. Walker, Saltwater Creek
L. Walker, Four Peaks
C. D. R. Ward, Timaru
B. Woollcombe, Timaru

Press, 2 June 1916, Page 6
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
New Canterbury Appointments. Wellington, June 1. The following justices of tho Peace for the Canterbury district are gazetted:
H. E. Gapper, Temuka
George Hancox, Temuka
Thomas Howlev, Timaru
C. E. Kerr, Cave
J. R. Lock, Fairlie
Ernest MncDonald, Fairlie
James McKwan, Cave
J. McGregor, Fairlie
George A. Shirwin. Fairlie
Robert Skinner, Geraldine
Thos. Tilbrook, Temuka