PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1939, Page 4

PERSONAL

The Rev H. R. Fell, M.A., 8.D., Greymouth, who has been appointed minister of the Kent Terrace'Presbyterian Church, Wellington, in succession to the late Rev W. Gilmour, will be inducted at a service next Thursday evening.

The death occurred at Kopuaranga on Saturday of Mrs Wharitua Wehikore, 72 years of age, a well-known native of the Wairarapa. The late Mrs Wehikore is survived by a widower. The burial will take place at Mataikona tomorrow.

To spend a year in New Zealand as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, Captain Lord Dormer of the Life Guards arrived at Auckland from London by the Rangitiki. Lord Dormer visited the Dominion a year ago and for part of a month's stay he was the guest of the GovernorGeneral.

The Rev Ronald Miller and Mrs Miller, of Manaia, Taranaki, who are well known in the Wairarapa, left Wellington last week for a tour overseas. After spending a short time in Australia they are proceeding to India, where Mr Miller will spend a fortnight in the mission field and a fortnight in sight seeing. Mr and Mrs Miller, who will be away about nine months, will then visit England. At. a gathering of the Red Star Cricket Club members at the Masterton Park on Saturday afternoon, Mr F. Henson, who was recently married, was presented with an electric hot water jug to commemorate the occasion and as a slight token of the esteem in which he was held by the members. Mr L. Matthews (vice-president of the club) made the presentation and referred to the splendid service Mr Henson had rendered the club over a number of years. He wished Mr and’Mrs Henson the best of health and prosperity in "their future life. Mr Henson suitably acknowledged the gift. The death occurred on Saturday at his residence at Miramar, of Mr John Hanning, a well-known former railway servant. Mr Hanning, who was born just outside Dunedin in 1865. was educated in that city. On leaving school he entered the service of the Railways Department and for the greater part of his 40 years’ service he was a stationmaster. His first charge was Pukerau. and after that Upper Hutt, then the defunct To Aro station (which stood c< the eastern end of Wakefield Street, Wellington), Taihapc, Waipukurau Hastings and, finally, Petonc. He retired from the service 18 years ago, since when he had lived in Miramar. Mr Hanning, who was a man of sterling uprightness, was honorary secretary of the Wellington South Ministers’ Association and an elder of the Seatoun and Miramar Presbyterian Church.