PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23160, 5 October 1938, Page 16

PERSONAL ITEMS

Canon W. W. Averill left by train " yesterday afternoon for Christchurch, pf " J where he will spend a holiday. Mr. B. L. Dallard, Controller-General 1 of Prisons; was a passenger for South by tne limited express last mght. ('P;', Mr. J. H. Bevan, manager for tralia arid New Zealand of the Chatel Asphalt Company, Limited, leftlPls# by the limited express last night for Wellington, where he will join the Awatea on his return to.Sydney. . * The Rev. D. H. Hay, who has been Presbyterian minister at Dargaville for§i|ll| the past four years, is resigning as from'%" the end of this month on account of iff?" j ill-health, and will accept the smaller I' charge of Woodville for a year. . The Rev. G. V. Geraft3, Bishop-elect of Waiapu, will leave Auckland for?#-?: Napier at the end of next week. He ;v\ will take up his residence at Bishop's Court and go into retreat for a short period ' prior to his consecration on • % October 28 as bishop.

The Rev. A. Hardie, minister at Suva, has been asked by his | » congregation to continue for another N „•. three years. The extension of time has ' been approved by the missions commit. • tee, and has yet to be confirmed by'# % the Auckland Presbytery, in whichMv' Suva is included. ; Mr. J. C. Cs*rpenter and Mr. J. Turner, two Australian pilots, havei^'• accepted positions with Union Airways, J, - Limited. Until recently Mr. Carpenter/!;-; r was chief pilot for North Queensland Airways. Mr. J. Turner was with Guinea f> ;/„< Airways in New Guinea and also flew !' that company's aircraft on its AdelaideSydney and Adelaide-Darwin services, p? '

Sir Robert Ball, who retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1937 after a distinguished career, will arrive in Auckland in the Rangitflri on October v. 19 on a visit to the Dominion. He joined the service in 1902 and for K; several years prior to his retirement' . - ■was a member of the executive council ;C". of the Governor of Bombay. He was acting-Governor of Bombay in 1936.