ORDER OF ST. JOHN

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18900, 30 December 1935, Page 4

ORDER OF ST. JOHN

COMMISSIONER’S TOUR DOMINION • ITINERARY (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Every five years the Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem sends a deputation to visit its distant organisations, and to report to the Grand Prior, the Duke of Connaught. Colonel J. L. Sleeman, chief commissioner of the brigade overseas, is now on a visit, to South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. He will arrive in Wellington from Sydney on January 7, and will proeoed that evening to friends in Southland. Colonel Sleeman will commence his tour from Invercargill on January 15, visiting Dunedin, Oamaru, Timaru, Ashburton, and Christchurch. He will fly to Blenheim and Nelson on January 22, reaching Wellington on January 24, where a meeting of the commandery will be held. He will later leave for Masterton, Palmerston North, Wanganui, New Plymouth, National Park or Waitomo, Hastings, and Napier. He will then visit Wairoa, Gisborne, Tauranga, Rotorua, and Hamilton, arriving at Auckland on February 5, staying till February 8. He will leave Wellington for Sydney on February 13.