PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15175, 13 September 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Sydney Press Association cable reports the death of Mr J. P. Archibald^ editor of the "Bulletin." "

Miss Vida Wilding, L.A.8., has been £PP° iated to the staff of the Nelson bchool of Music:

lhere was a large attendance at the funeral, at Hanmer Springs, of Mr Edward Askew Scott, for many years Inspector of Schools for the Grey Education Board.

Mr_W. W. French, who recently returned from service as a Y.MCA field secretary in France and England iero Riwaka this week for .another sphere of labour.

j An interesting function took place at | the Commercial Hotel yesterday, when the employees met and presented Mr | and Mrs Lulham with a silver egg cruet, j suitably inscribed, on the occasion of I their leaving the hotel. Mr :Brownlie, in a neat little speech, asked. Mr and Mrs Lulham to accept the present as a i token of goodwill and respejt from the ; staff, and wished them good luck In the j future. He then, called on Miss David- | son to make the presentation,;and she ! also wished the .recipients every prosperity. Mr Lulham suitably replied, and thanked the:staff for their gift and kind regards, on behalf of Mrs Lulj ham and himself. i

The Rev. H. E. Tuckey, who passed a-\vay at Wellington this week, aged 90 years, was born in Berkshire, England near the famous "White Horse" made for ever memorable in "Tom Brown's Schooldays." He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and took his B.A. degree m the same year. He achieved fame as aii oarsman, and was a member of one of the earliest eight oared crews winch competed against Oxford. He was ordained in 1854. Ik 1859 he married Miss Fanny Isabel, Bryant, daughter of Mr James Bryant, of Bath and coming to New Zealand took to iarmmg and pastoral pursuits in the Nelson district with the late Mr F Blundeli. In 1867 he went to "Wellington and conducted a school which formed the nucleus of what is now Wellington College. He followed the teaching profession in several places and assisted m various parishes until advancing yoars compelled his retirement from active service. He is survived by a family of four sons and two daughters, One son, Staff Sergt.-Major R. S. Tuci key, was killed in France last year.