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Rh in 1857 served in Richardson's Horse dur- : ing the latter portion of the Mutiny. Sub- sequently he joined the staff of The Englishman at Calcutta and was sometime editor. In 1865 he returned to Melbourne, and has been connected with the press in that city for the greater part of the time since. Author of several novels. Address — Herald office, Melbourne.

WASTBXS, Bev. George, Unitarian Min ister at Sydney; b. in Liverpool, Eng., Oct 23, 1853, s. of William Miles Walters artist, erf. at Commercial Academies in Liverpool, Rawdon College, Yorkshire, and Unitarian College, Manchester. He was Minister of the Unitarian Church at Burn- ley, Lancashire, from 1875 to 1878, at Aberdeen from 1878 to 1884, at Melbourne from 1884 to 1888, and since at Sydney. Author of Scriptural Play, "Joseph of Canaan" produced in Sydney and Melbourne in 1895, and of various pamphlets and booklets, and has been President of the Shakespeare Society, and President of the Cremation Society. tn. in 1876, Marian Radcliffe (died at Melbourne) ; 2nd 1886, Myra Aimee, rf. of George Tuckett. Address— 6 Hampden St., North Sydney, N.S.W.

WAJTGABATTA, Bishop of; see Arm- strong, Rt. Rev. Thomas Henry.

W1BD, Frederick William, Editor of The Daily Telegraph Sydney; b. New Zea- land, 1849, s. of the Rev. Robert Ward. Hav- ing been ordained to the Wesleyan Ministry he proceeded to New South Wale*, and was asso- ciated with the late Rev. W. Ournow in the pastorate of the principal Wesleyan church in Sydney. He retired from the ministry, became a contributor to the Sydney Morning Herald, and subsequently Editor of the Echo and the Sydney Mail. He was Editor of the Daily Telegraph 1885-90, when he resigne-l and went to London, where he was chief of the Sydney Daily Telegraph and Melbourne Age cable syndicate 1891-2. He returned to Aust. in 1892, and was sometime Editor of the Brisbane Courier, whi'ch position he re- signed to become Associate Editor of The Argus Melbourne. He was again appointed to the editorial chair of the Daily Telegraph Svdney upon the retirement of Henry Oal- lett in 1903. Address— Chatsworth, Elizabeth Bay. Sydney.

WARD, Mrs. Humphry (Mary Augusta), amthoress; o. Hobart, June 11, 1851, d. of Thomas Arnold, M.A. (2nd s. of Dr. Arnold, of Rugby, and brother of Matthew Arnold), and his wife, who was a granddaughter of Colonel Sorell, formerly Governor of Tasma- nia. In 1865 she went with her family to Oxford, where she contributed to the Satur- day Review, the Guardian, the Academy, Pall Mall Gazette, and other journals, oro- duced her first book Milly and Oily, assisted her husband in his work entitled The English Poets, and contributed to the Dictionary of Christian Biographv. for which she wrote the lives of some of the early Spanish Bishops and Sainte. In the eighties she left Oxford for London, and wrote for the Times, Pall Mall Gazette, and Macxnillan's Magazine. Her work Robert Elsmere, which made her name world famous, indirectly led <o tb» establishment of University Hall Gordon Square Bloomsbury. Author of MiUy and OUy (1881), Amiel's Journal (translation 1885), Miss Bretherton (1886), Robert Elsmere (1888), The History of David Grieve (1892), Marcella (1894), Sir George Tressady (1896), Helbeck of Bannisdale (1898), Eleanor (1900, and played at Court Theatre 1902), and Lady Rose's Daughter (1903), articles on West Gothic Kings and Bishops in volumes ii. and iii. of the Dic- tionary of Christian Biography, m. 1872, Thomas Humphry Ward. M.A., journalist and author. Address — 25 Grosvenor Place, London.

WAS9, Bt. Son. Sir Joeeph Ooorgo, P.C., K.C.M.G., LL.D., Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Minister of Finance, Postmaster-General, Minister of Telegraphs, Minister of Railways, Minister of Defence, and Minister of Tourist and Health Re- sorts; 6. at Emerald Hill, Melbourne, Vic, April 26, 1856, s. of William Thomas Ward, and arrived in New Zealand with his parents as a child. At the age of 18 he entered the Postal Department, after sometime in a mercantile office entered the Railway Department, and at 21 began bad- ness as an export merchant. He was six years Mayor of Campbelltown, and some- time Chairman of the Bluff Harbour Board, and in 1887 was returned to the House of Representatives as Liberal member for Awarua which he still represents. Since he first took office as Postmaster-General in the Ballance Ministry in February 1891, he has figured conspicuously in the public life of New Zealand, and has introduced