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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Mr. Douglas Shelley Bedingfield

page 1083

Mr. Douglas Shelley Bedingfield, Headmaster of the Paikakariki Public School, was born in Needham Suffolk, England, in 1868. Educated in England, and in New Zealand, where he arrived in 1879 per ship “Jessie Redman,” Mr. Bedingfield became a pupil teacher at Norsewood, Hawkes Bay, in 1882. Four years later he went to the National Training School at Christchurch. He has acted as headmaster since 1888, having been at Takapau, Hawkes Bay, and at Kaitoke, before accepting the appointment he now holds.