CLERICAL CHANGES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 438, 22 February 1909, Page 6

CLERICAL CHANGES.

;ANEW ARRIVALS AND • /After; domestio ;sefyants;and tillers: of "the soil,;the'Dominion.has most room for British, supplies of /tillers:of; men-f-the clergy.'.. From nearly all the Churches come complaints of the , inadequacy of ■■ the .local supply, and by tho Athenic. and I'ongariro, which amve'd; fromi -London' 'on Saturday arid Sunday-re-spectively, came: new ministers-.to, : ; the Dominion to fill the pulpits 'of threo'separate de- : ndminatiohs. -." : ';..; '•■ ■ : - '•'■.' - -',:' ; )<■.-:: ■■, ; ■'; ;'.■.,; ■'.' : /rhoß'oy'. 0.; M. : Stenfc,' the new .vicarof R'aotihi,' and Rev: A. T.;B.'Pago, new'vicarof; Greytown , .and-'- Featherston, reached, Wei- , lington 'by the Atbsnic on Saturday. ' V'- : :■" The., Rev.y.T. Perkins,:, from Nottingham College; .England, arrived by : the Athenic on' :SaJiurday to •: take up. ; the , ministry: of the Congregational ;;Church-at St. Clare, vDunedin. Sir. -Perkius .was: the guest of i-Mr.. A. M.. Lewis, yesterday, arid preached at the Courtenay. Place'.Church ia. the iriorning.v, -He goes south-by;' to-morrow's ;boat. ; ._ ■."■' ; : -The;E«v. G. Knowies-Smith, /Primitive Methodist.minister,. from Paisley, , / Scotland,, arrived by the Athenic' on- Saturday to takeup work in Dunedini.!/He preached- in the Webb'Street Church,yesterday.■.;:: : »,.; ■, Five Church of England: clorgymeii-;.have come oiifci by the ..Tonga-riro. : One/of .'-.theseis 'to be-'a'teacher at St. , -John's College, Auckland." Another,' the- RevV; Mr.•':Cru'ickshank, wilL.tako charge of a;parish at.Taranaki; two others are ~to: bo appointed to. stations in the North of-Aiicklaud, and one probably in the, Waikato.- : Foiir teachers for the Diocesan High School, Auckland,: wero, passengers by the same steamer. ■:. ••:-.■- .••■ Transfersiand changes made; ; by.the recent Primitive Methodist Conference , are'about to affect-the! local Churc'hos of.that denbmin-.. atidn 'very materially. -The , Rev. J./Dawson, irho Jias : had : charge of■■-.W.ebb- Street Church; for. the record/period of. 12. years,, will preach 'his. farewell sermon next: Sun--(day, and will give his principal attentions in future to work.of the-Now:Zealand Alliance,, .with which he has been long , connected.; His successor at Webb 'Street,; the" Hey., ~W. F.' Potter, of Auckland, ..takes .'charge:.-at- the end of March. ■,'.■'-. :■■ ■■:■■''■'■, . •■..'•''.'. v.' /, : ~. - No. 2 Station ;of Wellington Primitive Methodism includes the- Webb/Street,-. Pori,rua, and Tawa , Flat Churches../ In..future the country', portion of the station .will, have as minister the jßev. F. A.'- Thompson, who has. beon , for two years, past. ..stationed at Auckland. Mr-; Thompson's .headquarters will be at Porirua,, where ho preached for tho first time'yesterday..;; ' A ' - / . : The Rev. -J. Cocker,, of Primitive Methodist' Church/ has/been . transferred to Auckland, and preached his farewell, sermon yesterday. The R«y.. o. ' A. Sims', Mr. Cocker's locum tonens during his recent visit;" to the. United Kingdom, will take over tho charge as from next Sunday. ■ ■''