HEADMASTER'S DEATH.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19610, 4 May 1929, Page 19

HEADMASTER'S DEATH.

MR T. IRVINE COLLAPSES SUDDENLY. {TUB FBESB Special Service.] WELLINGTON, May 3. Mr Thomas Irvine, headmaster of the Clyde quay School, died suddenly at the school this morning. While sitting at the desk in his office about 10 o'clock, Mr Irvine had a sudden heart attack. Mr H. R. Fisher (first assistant teacher at the school) managed, with the aid of one of the other male teachers, to get him on to a couch, and Dr. Elliott, who was telephoned for, was very quickly in attendance. In the meantime, however, the headmaster had expired in Mr Fisher's arms, and Dr. Elliott could oulv pronounce life extinct. The late Mr Irvine began his teaching career in 1885 as a pupil teacher in Canterbury. From March, 15*21, to March, 1921, he was headmaster of the Hokitika District High School, and he then became headmaster of the Clyde quay School, holding that position to the end. Ho was an M.A. and a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society. Having put in 44 years of service under the Education Department, Mr Irvine had intended to retire on superannuation at the end of the present vear. He seemed to be in his usual health when he arrived at the school this morning, but it is understood that Dr. Luke had been attending him for heart trouble for some time past. He leaves a widow and two sons and a daughter.