Councillor John James Winsbury White was re-elected to the Blenheim Borough Council in April, 1905. He was born in Surrey, England, in December, 1844, and came out to New Zealand with his parents when he was fourteen years of age. Mr. White was appointed, in May, 1860, to a junior clerkship in the office of the Superintendent of Marlborough. In 1862, he was appointed Land Office Clerk, and, later on, in addition to that office, Clerk to the Superintendent, Accountant to the Provincial Treasury, and Clerk of the Provincial Council, and continued in these positions until the abolition of the provinces in 1876. He was then transferred to the Government Lands Department. In 1879, Mr. White was appointed Returning Officer, Registrar of Electors, and Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, but in 1891, he resigned to establish himself in business as a land, estate and finaneial agent; and in this capacity he has acquired an extensive connection. Mr. White also acted as auctioneer for the Land Department, not only during his term of service under the Provincial Government, but also under the General Government. Mr. White is a member of the Marlborough Education Board, and of the Wairau Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, as well as of the Nelson Diocesan Synod, and the General Synod of the Church of England in New Zealand.