PERSONAL

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 26, Issue 7, 1 July 1935, Page 3

PERSONAL

The Rev. F. H. Germon has been cabled for to go to England, and is not now accepting the position of assistant curate at Tauranga. The vicar, the Rev. 0. S. O. Gibson, has still a vacancy for an assistant. Deep sympathy will be felt for the Rev. R. Kohere m the destruction of his home oy fire recently. Many treasured possessions went with the flames, some of historical value. We regret that no report of the Dominion Conference of the C.B.M.S. has appeared m the Gazette. None has as yet, come to hand. A signal honour has been conferred upon our Bishop by his election to the presidency of the New Zealand Royal Society. The Royal Society m England had its origin m the weekly gatherings "of divers worthy persons, inquisitive into natural philosophy, and other parts ol human learning." This was m 1645The New Zealand branch is the offshoot of this venerable association, and we tender our respectful congratulations to his Lordship on his new distinction. A farewell was tendered to Miss E. Reynolds, a teacher at Hukarere Girls' School, on June 24th. Miss Reynolds has been accepted by the N.Z. C.M.S. for educational work m Lagos, West Africa. The Bishop of the Diocese conducted a short service ii! the Chapel, and afterwards thsre was a social hour spent m the school. Miss Reynolds was presented with a set of books by the Napier branch of the C.M.S., and by the members of St. John's Church.