Obituary MR W. T. LANGLEY

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28703, 29 September 1958, Page 7

Obituary MR W. T. LANGLEY

.Prominent in Canterbury edu- -■ cational circles for many years Mr William Taylor Langley died S-te Timaru on Saturday. He was ‘ 79. * 1 ,.A record of unusually wide ser- ] "yice in educational administration : was held by Mr Langley. He was 1 j one of the few persons—perhaps * "the only one in New Zealand— ( cto have devoted more than 10 * years to bodies governing educa- € ? Mon in all its main fields' from 1 | the primary school to the uni- 1 * Srersity. • Mr Langley was a member of c • the Elmwood School Committee t - for 24 years, and spent more than c < 14 years on the Canterbury Edu- r ~ Cation Board. He spent more c

jthan 10 years on both the Christ»church Technical College’s Board ' of Governors and the Canterbury • University College Council. ’ In recognition of his long service to primary school education, Mr Langley was elected a life member of the Canterbury School .Committees’ Association, of which ‘he was a former president. He 1 was also on the Dominion execu«tive of the New Zealand School • Committees’ Federation. . He was a member of the Canterbury School Amateur Sports ‘ Association, the Christchurch Vocational Guidance Centre Boys’ Advisory Committee, the Canterbury branch of the Library Asso- • ciation, and vice-president of the ; Cholmondeley Children’s Home - Committee.

: MR E. P. WARD • (New Zealand Press Association) ? TIMARU, Sept. 28. ' A member of the AH Black team • which toured South Africa in ? 1928 died in Timaru last week. »He was Mr' Edward Percival • (“Pat”) Ward, aged 58. • Mr Ward was born in Timaru • and educated at the Waimataitai £ school. • He represented South Canter2 bury on a number of occasions • from about 1920 to 1926. He later t represented Canterbury, then < Taranaki, from which province he A Was chosen as an All Black. ' Mr Ward is survived by his • wife, one son, and a daughter. ; MR THOMAS LOCK ? (New Zealana Press Association) WELLINGTON, Sept. 28. | Mr Thomas Lock, aged 83, pre■j sident of the Nev' Zealand Bowl- £ ing Association in 1947, and presii dent of the Wellington Bowling • Association in 1939-42, has died at f his home in Ngaio, Wellington. • Mr Lock began bowling when 3 he was 16, and was champion of I both the Southland and Gore | He also represented SouthK land at Rugby football.