Veteran Missionary Retires
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THE Rev. T. C. Carne, formerly of the Indian District of the Methodist Mission in Fiji, and his wife, Dr. Elsie Carne, have settled in Victoria, where they have two married daughters.
Mr. Carne went to India in 1915 to join the Methodist Mission at Mau, where he was concerned with educational work, which included managing and teaching in a secondary school. He stayed in India for 25 years before returning to Australia for eight years.
He went to Fiji in 1948 to join the Methodist Mission staff, and held several appointments with the Mission in the Colony. From 1951 until last month he was chairman of the Fiji Indian District of the Mission, and has been succeeded by the Rev. L. D. Fullerton.
Dr. Elsie Carne, in 1910, gradu ated in Medicine from Melbourne University, where she specialised in bacteriology. After her marriage in 1951 she went to India and con tinued her medical work.