Newspaperman. Educated at Leechs Gully Public School, at age eleven left school to work on family farm; at age twenty one went to Sydney to train for the Methodist ministry, Newington College and St Andrews' College, University of Sydney; (B.A., B.Ec.), became a missionary in Fiji in 1911; became a reporter and was appointed as a managing editor in 1919, and subsequently became a proprieter of other newspapers; in 1929 was involved in an amalgamation with Armidale newspapers; became a founder and managing director of Northern Newspapers Pty Limited; established links between country press and radio, director of Northern Broadcasting Pty Limited; member of Australian Provincial Press Association; president of Country Press Association 1927 - 1928, secretary 1940 - 1945; director of Australian United Press Limited from 1939, appointed as chairman of New South Wales branch in 1952; first treasurer of New States Movement; chairman of publicity committee 1938 sesquicentenary; vice president of National Roads and Motorists Association; president of Glen Innes Horticultural Society in 1927; trustee of Public Library of New South Wales 1930 - 1952; helped to establish Helen Keller Hostel, Woollahra; author in 1917 and 1922 and 1950.