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Southland Times, Issue 18843, 8 June 1920, Page 5

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Mr A'. H. Mackrell, who has been absent on a lengthy visit to Australia, has returned to Invercargill.

The Pope gave a private audience to Archbishop Redwood, says a Rome Press Association cable.

Mr R. Semple will visit Invercargill during the week end. He intends to deliver a lecture on Sunday night dealing with the history of the Broken Kill strike. Messrs A. R. Wilkins and J. R. Birss, of the local post office staff, have received notice of their transfer to me Comptroller’s branch of the General Post Office, WelLngton.

A London Press Association cable states that the Prime Minister’s list of birthday honours includes Sir James Elliott, engineer and adviser to the New Zealand Government, who is created a Ivnight of the British Empire.

It has been arranged (says the Tablet) that the consecration of the Right Rev. Dr Whyte as Bishop of Dunedin and Right Rev. Dr Liston as Coadjutor-Bishop of Auckland, shall take place in St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin, on a date yet to be decided. Mr Harry Gordon, advance representative of the Alan Wilkie Dramatic Company, is at present in Invercargill making arrangements for the presentation of “The Rotters” and “The Luck of the Navy,” on Monday and Tuesday next. Mr Roy M. Brasted, Australian national boys’ work director of the Y.M.CA., arrived in Invercargill by last night’s express. Mr Brasted is endeavouring to institute a standard programme for boys’ work for the Y.M.C.A. of the dominion. He is a recognised authority on boys’ work and is engaged in that direction in Australia. Whilst in Invercargill he will confer with theGocai directors of the Y.M.C.A. and will also meet the boys’ departments. Mr Brasted was for many years general secretary of the Melbourne Y.M.C.A. and was, during the war period, one of the principal association workers overseas.