PERSONAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 1701, 17 April 1926, Page 6

PERSONAL.

Mr. and Mrs. W. 'Dinwiddle, and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dinwiddie. of Napier, are paying a brief visit to Gisbome.

The Rev. IT. Hcrciis, of Hamilton, arrived nuGisbornc by.. th oveilaiid service last evening, to conduct a mission at the Gisbome Baptist Church. Mr. P. J. Sefton, of Havelock North, has been recommended by the Auckland Education Board for the headmastership of'one of the Auckland'city schools.

Mr. E. Douglas Taylor, F.R.C.0., A.R.C.M., the newly-appointed niusic.il instructor for the primary schools 6f> the Dominion, is due, to. arrive by the Remuera from England shortly. Miss Doris'M. Arthur, M.A. (Edin.)_, at prosent first assistant of the Napa'?' Girls' High School; has been appointed headmistress in succession to Miss V.. M. Greig. M.A., 8,.5c.,.wh0 leaves shortly to become headmistress of the Wellington Girls'* College.

The Royal College, of Surgeons awarded the Walker Prize of £IOO to Dr. Gye in recognition of his work in the pathology and therapeutics of cancer.

Pastor N. Rhodes Scragg, president of the New Zealand Conference of Sevenths Day Adventists, is paying a brief visit to Gisborne in company with Mr, J. Hookirigs, building architect for the above denomination. Their' visit is to consider plans for renovation and etxension of the church in Palmerston- road.