"The late Mr. John Walter Vick, who died at Selsley, Haberfield, on Monday, was one of the schoolmasters who instructed an earlier generation of scholars. He was born at Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, in 1833, and after receiving a good schooling there he taught at King-Stanley School, and also super intended a very large Sunday-school and musical class. In 1863 he was appointed chaplain and schoolmaster to the emigrant ship Ida, and after a stormy passage reached Sydney the same year. He followed the teaching profession under the Department of Public Instruction for thirty years, during which time he had charge of schools at Croobyar (Ulladulla), Berrima, North Richmond (Kurrajong), Scone, and Blacktown. The late Mr. Vick was a Past Master of the Masonic order. He leaves a widow and four surviving sons. At the funeral, which took place at Rookwood on Tuesday, there was a large gathering. The Rev. Dr. E. N. Merrington, minister of St. David's Presbyterian Church, Dobroyde, Ashfield, conducted the service. The chief mourners wero Messrs. R. E., W. G., E. P. Vick (sons), and Mr. F. H. Vick (grandson).