MISS LILIAN EDCER.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19904, 5 June 1936, Page 5

MISS LILIAN EDCER.

NZ. LECTURE TOUR. Miss Lilian Edger, who is on a lecturing tour throughout New Zealand before returning to India, is the youngest daughter of the Rev. Samuel Edger, who was well-known in Auckland in the early days. He came to New Zealand in 1862 with his family as the minister of the settlement at Albertland. Miss Edger had a brilliant university career and took her M.A. degree with first-class honours from Canterbury College at the end of 1881, when she was not quite 20. For some years she was teaching in the south and in 1887 she returned to Auck—land, where she opened a school of her own. In the meantime Miss Edger came in touch with Theosophical thought. and was one of the founders in Auckland of a Lodge of the Theosophical Society in 1892. She was the first general secretary of the New Zealaml section of the society and in 1897 met Colonel Olcott, and he took her with him to India, to deliver the convention lectures of that year. After doing much public props ganda work she was invited to stay in India. She came to New Zealand for two years before finally settling in India, where she came into close contact \\itli Dr. Br-sunl and other prominent people. She was principal of the C.H.C. Girls' School in Benares from 1913 to 1919.

Miss Edger will be in Hamilton during the week-end, and will deliver two lectures in the Theosophical Hall, 63 Collingwood Street.