NEWS FROM OTHER PARTS.

Waiapu Church Gazette, 1 June 1933, Page 5

NEWS FROM OTHER PARTS.

DUNEDIN Canon Nevill. We regret to record the sudden death of Canon Nevill, on Sunday, March 19th. The Canon had retired from his office of Vicar of the Cathedral parish, Dunedin, barely a year. Canon Nevill was born at Nottingham m 1862, and educated at the Otago Boys' High School, Christ's College and Lancing College, Sussex, graduating from Lincoln College, Oxford, 8.A., with honours. He was ordained m 1887 m London, and after ministerial experience m England and Australia became vicar of the Cathedral parish, Dunedin", m 1915, where he remained until his resignation m 1932. His passing is a matter of great regret to clergy and laity throughout his old diocese, and we beg to tender to his widow, Mrs Nevill, and her children our sincere sympathy m their great bereavement. AUCKLAND. TWO LOVED VICARS. A very large congregation attended the service m Holy Trinity Church, Otahuhu, on April sth, when the

Archbishop unveiled the tablets to the memory of Canon H; Mason and the Rev. C. B. W. Seton, M.C. We do not need to write of the love and respect m which these two men were held during their ministry, for their memory is very precious to the many who knew them and those tablets of brass stand for all their noble work. REV. E. S. WAYNE We very much regret to have to record that the vicar of Paparoa, the Rev. Edward Salmon Wayne, died on March 25, aged 62 years. Mr Wayne received his. theological training at Selwyn College, Dunedin, and was on the staff of the Melanesian Mission at Norfolk Island m 1898 and 1899, during which time he was ordained deacon. He returned to Dunedin and received priest's orders, being for a period a curate of All Saints' Church. He then rejoined the Melanesian Mission staff for five years, leaving m 1906 to become vicar of Ormondville, Hawke's Bay, where he remained for two years. Subsequently he was vicar of Te Kuiti from 1911 to 1914. From there Mr Wayne went to Waimate North for five years,, and m 1920 became assistant priest at Whangarei. In 1923 he was appointed vicar at Katikati, and three years later was moved to Waihi. In 1930, Mr Wayne was appointed vicar of St. Mark's Church, Paparoa. During the time he was at Waihi, Mr Wayne was honorary canon of St. Peter's Cathedral, Hamilton. His many friends throughout the Province, will regret very much indeed that Canon Grant-Cowan's illness has turned out to be more serious than at first supposed and that a second operation was found necessary. The report from the hospital is that the operation was quite successful and that he is progressing favourably. Readers are asked to remember him m their prayers. CHRISTCHURCH. The Rev. Otho FitzGerald's 23 years' ministry closed on April 16, when at Evensong about 700 people filled every corner of the Church and at the earlier services the communicants totalled 680. Few can point to a parish left m as healthy a condition after so long a ministry. On May 4, the parishioners entertained Mr and

Mrs FitzGerald and expressed their appreciation of their long service m the parish. The Rev. W. J. Hands was to have been inducted early m April, but the need of some medical attention decided him to postpone his arrival for a fortnight. He was inducted by the Bishop on April 27. Bishop and Mrs West-Watson have been the subject of many congratulations on becoming grand-parents for the first time on the arrival of a son to their daughter, Mrs Lester. Another daughter, Miss Carol West-Watson, was married m January, at Christchurch Cathedral, to Mr Webb. WAIKATO. The Rev. F. B. Rand, S.S.M., leaves Taumaranui Parish shortly to either return to Africa or visit England. The Rev. Canon G. T. Beale, vicar of Stratford, is resigning his cure to return to England. He has been twenty years m the Dominion, and both he and Mrs Beale will be greatly missed. WELLINGTON. The vacancy m the cure of the combined districts of Foxton and Shannon caused by the resignation of Rev. G. A. Young, who is going back to England, has been filled by Rev. H. S. I. Kenney. Speaking of Rev. C. E. Hyde's removal from Palmerston North, the Church Chronicle says: "We are only repaying a loan, but we do so grudgingly, for no Diocese can afford to lose a man of such bright energy as Mr Hyde has shown since he went to help at Palmerston. He has played a forceful game and we thank him for it."