EDUCATIONIST’S DEATH

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 904, 22 February 1930, Page 5

EDUCATIONIST’S DEATH

MR. C. W. GARRARD’S CAREER

47 YEARS’ SERVICE

Mr. C. W. Garrard, late senior inspector of schools in the Auckland district, died suddenly last evening after a very short illness, aged 61. He was to have retired on superannuation within a month. After 47 years’ service in the Education Department, the date of his retirement was announced last month as March 31 next. Born in Nelson. Mr. Garrard was educated at the Normal School and the Boys’ High School, Christchurch. He was appointed a pupil-teacher at the Richmond Road School, Christchurch, in 1883. He entered the Teachers’ Training College in 1887, matriculated in that year, and later

gained his B.A. degree at Canterbury College. After having been assistantmaster at the Richmond and Kaiapoi Schools, he was appointed to the headmastership of the Papanui School, which position he filled for nine years. In 1906 Mr. Garrard was made an inspector in the Auckland Education District and he attained the position of senior inspector in 1921. He has been a member of the Council of Education during the last three years. Mr. Garrard’s sports career is notable. He represented Canterbury and New Zealand in cricket and Rugby football. Of later years he has been keenly interested in bowling and was a member of the Auckland Centre for 10 years. Many changes in the Dominion’s education system during Mr. Garrard’s period of service and an annually increasing school population, did not make his work less difficult. An indication of the growth of the Auckland Education District during his term of office is provided by the fact that when he arrived in Auckland there were only six inspectors, whereas there are now 12. Mr. Garrard is survived by his widow, two sons, Mr. D. R. Garrard, of Auckland, and Mr. W. R. Garrard, of Cambridge, both well-known cricketers, and one daughter, Mrs. W. J. Smeeton. The late Mr. Garrard was a vicepresident of the Auckland Cricket Association and as a tribute of respect to his memory the New Zealand flag on the grandstand at Eden Park was flown at half-mast - during the progress of the fourth test, England v. New Zealand, today.