Dr J. C. Bradshaw, Mus. Doc., Organist and Choirmaster of the Christchurch Cathedral, was selected by the Cathedral Chapter to succeed the late Mr. G. F. Tendall. He arrived in New Zealand in April, 1902, and shortly after taking up his duties the Canterbury College Board of Governors appointed him Lecturer in Music. Dr Bradshaw, who was born near Manchester in 1877, comes from a very musical family, and at an early age he showed promise of undoubted ability. In 1901 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Music at Owens College, Victoria University, Manchester. He is also an Associate of the Royal College of Music, Kensington, and of the Royal Manchester College of Music, and a licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, London, for pianoforte playing. Prior to leaving for New Zealand, Dr Bradshaw was organist and director of the choir of All Saints' Church, Scarborough, and had held similar positions in other parts of England. As a cathedral organist he was trained by Professor J. Rendrick Pyne, Mus. Doc., organist of Manchester Cathedral and Town Hall, and by Dr Henry Miles, Mus. Doc. For some time Dr Bradshaw was deputy organist of Manchester Cathedral, where he acquitted himself with credit and satisfaction to all. Dr Bradshaw is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists, London, and he has the distinction of being the youngest Doctor of Music in the British Empire. He was also the Hargraves Exhibitioner at the Victoria University.