Hughes, John Charles, Teacher of Music, Piano and Organ, Sumner. Mr. Hughes was born at Clapham, England, and came to New Zealand with his parents by the ship “Isabel Hercus,” landing in Lyttelton in 1862. When he was fifteen he learnt joinery in connection with the tuning and repairing of organs and pianos. He studied for several terms under Mr. Robert Parker, of Wellington, then went to Sydney to finish under Mr. F. Morley, and found constant occupation in teaching, tuning, page 407 and repairing, and was also under engage ment with Messrs Brinsmead and Co., and other famous manufacturers. In 1884 he returned to Auckland, went to Gisborne for two years, and was appointed organist at the Wesleyan church. In 1886 he settled in Sumner, where he has secured a fair number of pupils, and also at Christchurch. Mr. Hughes has passed his examination in theory, harmony, modulation, sound production, etc., and hopes to pay a visit to the Old Country to go through a University examination. He is a Mason, and has been organist for the Lyttelton Lodge for eight years. Mr. Hughes was for seven years a member of the Sumner Borough Council, and has been on the Sumner school committee since 1886.