LOVED CHILDREN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 207, 2 September 1938, Page 11

LOVED CHILDREN.

MADE TOYS AS GIFTS. LONG LIFE OF SERVICE. A leader possessed of a personality of unique force, of candour end courage and independent, original thought; a kindly philosopher who in his spare hours mended clocks and made toys which he gave away to the children he loved. That leader and that philosopher were not two men, but one, and that one man was Archbishop Julius. An integral part of the life of Christchurch itself, he was at the same time a figure whose loss will be deeply felt by the whole of New Zealand. It was in 1847, in Richmond, Surrey, that Archbishop Julius wu born. He gained his 1 education at Bleckheath Proprietary School, at King's College, London, and at Worcester College, Oxford. He graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1869, as Master of Arts in 1871 and in that year w«® ordained as a deacon. After holding two curacies and two vicarsbips in England, Archbishop Julius went to Australia in 1883 to take up an appointment a« incumbent of the pro-cathedral at Ballarat. He was also archdeacon of Ballarat, a position he held at the time of his election to the See of Christchurch. It was after seven years at Ballarat that he was invited to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the first Bishop of Christchurch, Dr. H. J. C. Harper, and on May 1, 1890, he was consecrated in the then uncompleted Christchurch Cathedral. He received the honorary D.D. of Oxford three years later and the honorary LL.D. of Cambridge in 1920. Primate of New Zealand. In 1922 he succeeded the Bishop of Dunedin, Dr. S. T. Nevill, as Primate of New Zealand. At that time he had been a member of "the clergy of the Anglican Church for 54 years. He announced his retirement to the Diocesan Synod of 1924, but did not actually leave office until April 20 of the following year. The City of Christchurch gave the archbishop a public farewell in the King Edward Barracks. More than 6000 people attended, representing every church and almost every public body of Christchurch. The archbishop's retirement did not mean giving up active participation in the affairs of the diocese. He was constantly in demand as a preacher both at the cathedral and in other churches. His personality and his power of dramatic and outspoken speech won him a great number of friends and admirers outside his own church as well as within it. Until the end of last year it was his custom to act as celebrant at the Sunday communion service at St. Augustine's and at the Thursday service at the cathedral. Archbishop Julius was always a skilled worker with his hands, and mechanical engineering was his principal hobby. Much of his leisure time was spent in the workshop at his home, where he invented and produced numerous ingenious appliances for his houoe and car. was expert in the repair of clocks. Members of the Family. Archbishop Julius, states the Press Association, married in 1872 a daughter of Colonel M. J. Rowlandson. She died in 1918. Of the*next generation are two a one and five daughters; the latter being Mrs. A. S. Elworthy (Holme Station, Timaru), Mrs. P. Elworthy (Gordon's Valley, South Canterbury), Mrs. A. Haneell (wife of Archdeacon Hansell, of Wellington) Mrs. Ethel Wilson, whose husband, the Right Rev. Cecil Wilson, was Bishop of Bunbury from 1917 to 1937), and Mies Ada Julius, of Christchurch. The elder son, Sir George Julius, is chairman of the Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The younger is the Very Rev. J. A. Julius.