PERSONAL

Northern Advocate, 29 November 1934, Page 4

PERSONAL

The Rev. H. F. Ault, formerly Curate of Rangiora. who is on fui’lough from the Indian Mission Field, has' accepted the position of Vicar of Oxford, Canterbui’y. in place of the Rev. K. G. Sell. His induction will take place before Christmas.

j Dr Kenneth Pacey, second son of j Mr and Mrs H. G. Pacey, of WellingS ton, has passed the F.R.C.S. examinaj tion in London. He is resident sux’gical [officer at the Royal Masonic Hospital, (London, and expects to return to New Zealand early next year. 1 The Rev. D, McCosh, of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church,' Suva, who arrived by the Aorangi on Sunday, is spending a six months’ holiday in the Dominion. His pulpit is being supplied during his absence by the Rev. D. M. Cattanach, of Drury. Mr P. C. Minns, 1930 Rhodes Scholar, and formerly of Auckland, expects to join the Administration of the Uganda protectorate in the middle of 1935, after taking a preparatory course at Oxford. During the coming winter he will play Rugby for Blackheath. The acting-inspector of the Bank of New South Wales in New Zealand, Mr F. W. Marris, Wellington, who recently resumed duty after a long illness, has decided to retii’e at the end of the year on account of ill-health. Mr Marris has been 45 years in the service of the bank, which he joined in 1889 at Westport, and he has served pi’actically the whole of his banking career in New Zealand.

I Mr J. A. Scott, M.A., who has been president of the New Zealand and Austx'alian Chh’opractors’ Association practically since its foundation 14 years ago, recently resigned from the position with a view to retiring from active official duty, and the association has mai’ked the occasion of his retirement by presenting him with a cheque and an illuminated address. The address referred to the high esteem in which Mr Scott is held by every member of the association, and expressed warm appreciation of the outstanding success with which he had discharged his diities and of the memorable part he had played in guiding the chiropractic movement through its early days of difficulty and struggle to the gratifying and strong position, which it has now attained. It is understood that an effort will be made by the association to retain Mr Scott’s services in an advisox’y capacity. Mr Scott leaves next month on a holiday visit to Australia.