AIR FORCE CHAPLAIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1016, 5 July 1930, Page 10

AIR FORCE CHAPLAIN

THE FIRST APPOINTMENT j MR. SCRIMGEOUR’S DISTINCTIONS? The appointment of the first chap- j iain to the New Zealand Air Force* j the Rev. C. G. Scrimgeour, will b*e I gazetted shortly. Thus he has two distinctions —he is# the first minister of the church ir> New Zealand to qualify for bis pilot's A ticket and he is the tirs* chaplain to be appointed to the Air Force. Mr. Scrlmgeour who took up fly in? only a short time aviator. Yesterday he passed his fine! examinations and qualified as a pilot, ago, is now a keen For some years past Mr. Scrim geouv :ih played a most important psfrt in the relief of distress in Auckland, and by his personal visits to the needfc/ and personal investigation of their jp ases. he became acquainted intimately with many cases of hardship and distress which he was able to alleviate*. Mr. Sorimgeour also was instrumejj tal in tho formation of the Business Men’s Relief Association, an orgaii isatwn which has eliminated the profe ssionnl beggar and turned attention to *Pe genuine cases of distress. It Hias also saved the enormous amount <jf tiir.e which was wasted by business men in interviewing callers who requested assistance. All this, and many other duties, have been attended to. in addithm to Nfr. Scrimseour’s work at MetlictJiist Central Missioner.