Mr. George William Bishop, Headmaster of the New Brighton Public School, has been in charge since its establishment. He was born on Banks' Peninsula in 1858, was educated at various public schools, and is an undergraduate of Canterbury College, where he studied for two years. He served a pupil-teachership of four years at the Sonthbridge and West Christchurch schools, and after a year's training at the Normal School, gained his D2 certificate, and was sent to New Brighton to establish the school. Mr. Bishop is a member of the North Canterbury Branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute. He is an old footballer and tennis-player.

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