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 WHO IS WHO IN AUSTRALASIA. Barcelona, B.A. 1877. Studied extended course of Philosophy and Physical Science 1878-80 (B.Sc.), and full course of theology in Balmes Seminary, Vich, 1881-5, entered the Monastery of Montserrat in 1885, became a member of the Benedictine Order and ordained Deacon 1886, and Priest 1887. Was appointed Professor of Mathematics in the College of Montserrat in 1887 and Professor of Physical Science there in 1892, Missionary Apostolic to Philipine Islands 1895, Parish Priest at Mindanau and the Bishop's Vicar for the Benedictine Parishes 1896,Superior of the Benedictine Missions 1897, Prior of the Church of Montserrat in Naples 1898. Arrived in Aust. Apr. 1901. Returned to Europe in 1902, and received the Abbatial Benediction In Rome from Cardinal Gotti, Prefect of Propaganda Jan. 11, 1903, and assumed canonical possession of the Abby of New Norcia Feb. 10, 1908. Address— New Norcia, W.A. TOZSR, Hon. Sir Horace, K.C.M.G., Agent-General in England for Queensland since 1898; b. Port Macquarfe, N.S.W., Apr. 1844, t. of Horace Thomas Norris Tozer, ed. Collegiate School at Newcastle, at Cook's Biver, and St. Paul's Coll. Sydney. Admitted a solicitor in Q'land in 1866, and was an early settler on Gympie goldflelds, where he practised his profession for many years. Was elected M.L.A. for Wide Bay in 1872, re- elected 1888, 1893, and 1896, and resigned on his appointment as Agent-General; Colo- nial Secretary and Secretary for Public Works 1890-8, Colonial Secretary 1893, and Home Secretary 1893-6, being continuously in office for about eight years, and was Acting Premier in 1897. Was twice retained and went to England to conduct mining cascc before the Privy Council. Under his Minis- terial direction the Free Public Library and National Art Gallery at Brisbane were started in 1896. K.O.M.G. 1897. Twice married. Address— 1 Victoria St., London, S.W. TOAXU, John, Chairman of Directors of Huddart, Parker * Co. Ltd., steamship owners ; b. Montrose, Scotland, 1826. Arrived in Victoria in 1855, and joined T. J. Parker at Geelong as Manager of the Express Stea- mer Agency, afterwards becoming joint owner with him and Capt. Thos. Webb of the steamers trading between Melbourne and Gee- long. In 1876 these three combined with James Huddart to form the firm of Huddart, Parker & Co., the business of the firm beiug that of steamship owners, coal importers, and merchants. The present limited company was formed in 1888. Address— St. Kilia Rd.. Melbourne. TBZCtBAB, BdWftTd, F.B.G.B., F.R.HiatS., F.Anth.8oc., Offider d v Acade- mic Franca is, Secretary for Labour and Regis- trar of Industrial Unions in the Dominion of New Zealand; b. in London, May 1, 1846. He arrived in New Zealand in June 1868, fought through the Maori war, and received the war medal, was Captain of the Waikato Native Contingent, and afterwards Captain of Patea Rifles and of Civil Service Rifles, Wellington, Goldflelds Surveyor at Coromandel and Thames, and afterwards Surveyor of Native Lands Court. He organized the Labour De- partment for the New Zealand Government in 1891, and has been in charge of the Department since. Author of The Maori- Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (1891), Fairy Tale* of New Zealand and the South Seas (1891), A Paumotuan Dictionary (1895), A Dictionary of Munaarcva (Gam- bier Islands 1899), The Maori Race (1904), and A Dictionary of Niue (Savage Island 1907). Decorated by the French Republic for work in the South Seas, m. in 1880, Bessy, third d. of HamarArden, of New Plymouth. Address — Government Buildings, Wellington, N.Z. ZBEITWXTK, Hon. William Arthur, Senator for Victoria; b. Launceston, Tas., 1847. Learned his father's trade— that of bootmaker — and at 17 was appointed to the Provisional Comte. of the Working Men's Club at Launceston. Settled in Melbourne in 1868, and was for sometime Lecturer and Organizing Agent for the National Reform League. In 1879 he formed a Bootmakers' Union, and in 1886 established a Board of Conciliation in Adelaide in connection with the bootmaking trade. He was elected Pre sident of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council in 1887, and returned In 1889 to the Legis- lative Assembly for Richmond, which he represented until 1908. Was Leader of the. State Labour Party for many years, but left it in 1901. Was Minister for Railways and Public Works 1900-1, and Chief Secretary and Minister for Railways 1901-2. Took a prominent part in the federal movement, and was a member of the National Convention