RETIRING PRIMATE

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 64, 15 March 1940, Page 4

RETIRING PRIMATE

AUCKLAND'S TRIBUTE

PRESENTATION OF ADDRESS

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 14. With sincerity and warmth which can seldom have been extended to 2 public man in Auckland, a very large gathering of citizens bade farewell to the Primate of New Zealand, the Most Rev. A. W. Averill, in the Town Hall tonight on the eve of his retirement. It was a memorable occasion, marked by unanimity of men of differing out- ( looks and creeds, in honouring one' who holds a unique place among Auckland's ci/tizens, and with him Mrs. Averill, wtio shared the high tributes paid by many speakers. On the platform, and filling the body and circle of the hall, were representatives of every phase of the city's life. The Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, said his Grace was admired, loved, and universally respected by all with whom he came in contact. A framed copy of an address from the city was presented to the Archbishop. On behalf of the Government the Attorney-General (the Hdn. H. G. R. Mason) paid a tribute to the eminent services of Archbishop Averill and of the Church in whose service he had laboured. Numerous other speakers paid similar tributes. \_