PERSONAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16806, 20 November 1928, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr. and Mrs. W„ Capper, of Levin, and Mr. J. Barron, of Wellington, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Greggari, of Te Karaka.

The Rev. 11. J. Rybura, of Tvaikohe, ha-s received a unanimous call to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Dunedin. The Rev. Hector Mac Loan, M.A., M.Sc, formerly stationed there, is now in Australia.

Bishop Geary leaves Auckland by the R.M.M.S. Aorangi to-day with Cardinal Corelti, and will go to Honolulu and then to San Francisco. Owing to his somewhat slow recovery from a motoring accident last July, his doctor has prescribed a sea voyage. I'.A.

Commissioner James Hay. 0.8. E., head of the Salvation-Army in New Zealand, leave Wellington by "tiro Tahiti on Friday for England to lake part in (he. conference of the high Council of the Salvation Army, to he held in London in January, on a :count of the health of 'lencralßramwell Booth. During his absence, the arrangements in New Zealand will be in the hands of Commissioner Mrs Hav and departmental officers.—P. A.

Mr. H. Stephens, overseas superintendent of the. New Zealand Fruit.. Control Hoard, arrived in Gisborne last night, and this morning Was met by opresontalives of the Poverty Bay Fruit Growers' Association. He visited •i number of orchards during the day, and this afternoon attended a meeting of fruitgrowers. Mr. -Stephens, who, arrived from England about, a month ago, is accompanied by his daughter. Miss V. Stephens, and Mr. W. Ben/.ies. shipping supervisor at Wellington for the board Mr. Stephens has now almost completed a lour of the fruit export districts of New Zealand, the last place in bis itinerary being Hastings, where he is to meet the fruitgrowers to-morrow night. Alter that Mr. Stephens will bo attending to board matters in Wellington, and expects to sail for England by the cud of next, month.