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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 March 1939, Page 4

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His Excellency the Governor-Gen-eral left Wellington yesterday_ afternoon for Wanganui, where he is committed to a number of engagements. His Excellency will return to Wellington tomorrow.

The Hon H. T. Armstrong, Minister of Housing, returned to Wellington from Auckland yesterday. Mr J. Robertson, M.P., and Mrs Robertson are making a brief visit to the Marlborough Sounds, from which they will return before the end of next week. Mr Robertson is recuperating, following on an attack of influenza.

Mr S. V. Playsted, of Victoria, arrived in Masterton this morning to take over the position of manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia. He is accompanied by his wife and family. Mr B. T. D. Hume, whom Mr Playsted succeeds, will leave for Wellington tomorrow.

Recently managing director of the Salvation Army Insurance Society, which is believed to be a unique combination of religion and insurance, Commissioner D. Cuthbert, London, arrived at Wellington yesterday on special business for General Evangeline Booth. He has already visited the main centres of Australia and after a week in New Zealand will leave for Vancouver, Toronto, New York and London.

A career of nearly 40 years as mission priest among the Maoris of the Auckland province was closed on Monday by the sudden death of the Very Rev Dean A. Lightheart, formerly Superior in New Zealand of the Mill Hill Fathers, says an Auckland Press Association message. Dean Lightheart, who was in his seventyeighth year, was latterly chaplain of the Marist Brothers’ juniorate in Tuakau. He went into the chapel of the institution early this afternoon to pray, and was found dead there. The appointment of Captain J. W. Burgess to command the flying-boat Aotearoa, the first of the mediumlong range aircraft for the transTasman service, is officially announced by Imperial Airways. The flyingboat Australia is to be commanded by Captain G. C. Butler. A London cable message published at the beginning of the month stated that the Aotearoa had been launched -on the Medway, and that the trial flights were to be made within ten days. It was expected that the Australia would be launched a fortnight after the Aotearoa.