PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 257, 13 October 1932, Page 6

PERSONAL

The Prince of Wales and Prince George yesterday afternoon flew in the Imperial Airways liner Heracles from Malmo, Sweden, via Hamburg, to Copenhagen, where they were greeted by Prince and Process Axel of Denmark.—British Official Wireless. Admiralty promotions include Captains Holbrook, Danreuther and Boyle, all to Rear-Admirals, states a London cable. The many friends of Mr. A. C. Bennett, manager of the Guaradian Trust at Napier, will regret to learn that his condition is causing grave anxiety. -spectors D. McCaskill, P. G. Lewis and E. Bissell are at present on a visit of inspection to schools in Southern Hawke’s Bay. Mr J. S. Barton, Chief Commissioner for Napier, left for Wellington yesterday afternoon on business of the Napier municipality and is expected io return about the middle of next week. A London cable mentions that Barbara, daughter of the late Sir Arthur Myers, of Auckland, was married to John Walter Rivers, the son of Dr. O. S. Myers, of London. The resignation of the Rev. James McCaw as minister of Knox Church, Lower Hutt, after nearly twenty-four years of service, has been received by the Wellington Presbytery. The Secretary of State for the Colonies has appointed the Earl of Plymouth, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, to succeed Sir Robert Hamilton as chairman of the Colonial Advisory Council on Agriculture aad Animal Health.—Wireless. The Rev. W. R. Milne was unanimously elected to the office of Moderator at a meeting of the Wellington Presbytery on Tuesday. The retiring Moderator is the Rev. A. A. Armstrong. Mr Milne was at Kurow for five years before taking over the pastorate at Wairoa, his Hast appointment before going to Wellington at the end of January, 1930. The resignation of Miss O. I. Drummond, after a period of 15 years’ service as matron of the Waipukurau Hospital, was received at yesterday’s meeting of the Waipawa Hospital Board with deepest regret, and it was decided to place on record the board’s sincere appreciation of the extremely capable and efficient manner in which she had discharged her duties as matron of the institution. Miss Drummond’s resignation dates as from the mi.ddle of December next.