The Late Sir Cyril Ward (1903-04)

Sir Cyril was educated at St. Patrick's College, Wellington, and at Canterbury Agricultural College. In 1901 he began work in the firm of J. G. Ward & Co., Exporting and Shipping Agents, Invercargill. Two years later he joined the Staff of the N. Z. Times as a shipping reporter. 

In 1905 Sir Cyril went to England to gain further shipping experience and joined the staff of the Manchester Ship Canal Co. After working there for 2 ½ years he became the Company’s representative in Invercargill. A year later he joined J. G. Ward and Co., and gained experience in all Departments of the Company’s work. In 1913 he was appointed manager of Kinsey & Co., and this appointment he held until the time of his death.

He was Acting-Consul for Belgium, 1914-1918, when he conducted the Belgium Consul’s War Relief Fund. He was appointed Vice-Consul, and on becoming Consul again in 1935, he received the decoration Chevalier of the Order of the Crown of Belgium. In the golfing world Sir Cyril was well known. He was Captain of the Christchurch Club for some years and later became Present. Form many years he was sole handicapper.

At the time of his death Sir Cyril was President of the Canterbury Club, Chairman of the Christchurch branch of the Overseas Shipping Committee, of the Waterside Labour Employment Association, and the Christchurch Shipowners Committee. He was also on the committee of the British Sailors’ Society and the Canterbury Advisory Committee of the New Zealand Golf Council.