Clarksville , in the county of Bruce, is situated on the main south line, thirty-eight miles south-west from Milton. It is an agricultural district, which was named in, compliment to Messrs Clark, the pioneer settlers. The township has a good general store, post office, and blacksmith's shop; and the railway station is the junction of the main south line and the branch to Lawrence.

Mr. Godwin Scudamore , who is the third son of Mr. John Scudamore, farmer, was horn in Gloucestershire, England, in 18G8. He was educated at Taunton, Somersetshire, and indentured to the profession of civil and mechanical engineer, which he followed until he left England in 1888, by the s.s. “Ionic,” for Port Chalmers. In consequence of not being able to secure employment at his own calling, he entered the firm of Messrs Strachan and Co., brewers, Dunedin. There he learned the art of brewing, and in 1893 he became proprietor of the Milton brewery. In 1891, Mr. Scudamore married a daughter of Captain F. Mathieson, of Dunedin and Fortrose.