PERSONAL

Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 991, 5 January 1927, Page 4

PERSONAL

Sir James Rose lnne s has resigned from th e Chief Justiceship of South Africa and Sir William Solomon has been appointed to succeed him. His parents have received word that the Rev. B. N. Eade, the young Baptist missionary from Podding, had arrived safely and well at his station in East Bengal. . Air J. H. AlcCrae, for the last four years in v charge of Dnlgety and Co.’s Afarton branch, has been advised of his promoting to AVairoa, Hawke’s BayDr. Arthur Bose-Innes, F.R.C.S.E., of Richmond, Nelson, has been appointed medical superintendent of the Palmerston North Hospital, vice Dr. Frazer, who recently resigned. 1 Air Al. Connelly, railway guard at Dunedin, president of the A.S.R.S., during the strike trouble, announces his intention of again contesting the presidency. The Acting-Prime .Minister, the Hon. AY. D. Stewart, returned to iWjfellington this morning Temuka, South Canterbury, where he spent the holidays. The Rev. C. A. Fraer, of Christchurch, has accepted an invitation from the Bishop of Polynesia : to visit Rarotonga during this month and next to carry the Church’s ministrations to that dependency.; ■.

Ihe resignation of Dean Carrington. Christchurch,, ujill take effect on December 1 next. The Bishop reported to tile Chapter that he bad received notice of the Dean’s inten- } lion to resign ana' bad accepted the resignation with great regret. | Advice has been received in Auckland of the death at San Francisco J of. Captain A. J. R. Barr, aged, 43, who was for some years an officer in the U.S.S. Co.’s service. He was born in Dunedin Mr J. Robertson, who served for 16 years in the Otago Education? District as inspector of schools, has been I • ■ ; . vi’: promoted to senior inspector to the Southland Education Board in place j of Mr D. 11. Strnehan, who has been transferred to Wellington.

The diocese of Waiapu recently arranged with the , Church Army for the services of an evangelist, and Captain Ball was sent out. He is doing good work in the various railway camps on the. East Coast, and at Waikaremoana, holding regular services. "I have talked over with the Bishops the unfortunate fact that the week-end of the Bishop of London’s visited exactly clashes with that of the Royal visit. The Archbishop has kindly promised to bring it to bis notice, bub it is doubtful if. the plan call be'altered now,” states Bishop WestWatson in the Church News.'

j Another old settler and pioneer of • the Manavatu lias passed away in | the person of - Mrs L W. Lovelock, re- : lict of Mr I. W. Lovelock, of Rangii tikei line. She was born in Wellington in 1860, and her parents, Air and Mrs Edwin Bannister, originally came from Staffordshire, England. She died last night at' the home of her daughter, Airs J. Will, at Bongotea. The following is the new personnel of Tangimoana-’s Improve mat Committee: Chairman, Air L. H. Yarrall; secretary, Air Fuller; executive committee, Alessrs Alsop, Gray, jun., and Alarston; general committee, .Messrs Gray,., sen.. Olds, Coleman, Northpote,, Howard, Alsop, Street, Ed wards, Alarston, Cox, Mason, Gray, jun., Fuller, Stringer,-. Carrock and Small ; Sports committee, Afessrs Howard, Coleman, Olds, Stringer, and Mansell.