DIOCESAN AND GENERAL.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 31, Issue 1, 1 March 1940, Page 8

DIOCESAN AND GENERAL.

The Rev. N. F. Benham has beeri appointed Vicar of Waikouaiti, m the Diocese of Dunedin, and is leaving; this Diocese. ' The Rev. K. Harawira has been appointed chaplain to the Maori Battalion. He was a sergeant m the Maori Battalion m the last war. The Rev. N. Wanoa has enlisted as a private and is now m camp at. Palmerston North. Bishop Sprott has celebrated the 60th anniversary of his ordination. He has spent far the greater part of the time m the service of the New Zealand Church. It is a wonderful record. The resignation of Archdeacon Hansell has brought about some changes m the Diocese of Wellington. Archdeacon Bullock succeeds-, him as Archdeacon of Wellington and the Rev. E. J. Rich, L.Th., Vicar of Masterton, becomes Archdeacon of: Wairarapa. The Bishop of Wellington announces that he hopes the f oundationr stone of the new Cathedral will belaid m 1942. Many readers will be interested to know that the Anglican chaplains with the first echelon of the Expeditionary Force are the Revs. C. E. Hyde and E. B. Moore, with the second the Rev. W. E. W. Hurst and: N. E. Winhall. . The special session of the Auckland Synod for the election of a bishop will be presided over by the Bishop of Dunedin on April 10th. The Diocese of Dunedin has sold. Lis Escop, where Bishop Richards lived and bought a new See House close to the Cathedral, m Claremont Street.