CONGREGATIONAL CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 17 February 1911, Page 2

CONGREGATIONAL CONFERENCE.

: .CHAIRMAN APPOINTED. -- ~ > . (Bt TelcgrADh—l'rcsa Association.'. - Dunedin, February. 16. i- ' The Congregational JJonferSnce conclud- •« ed" its sittings this'm*ornin| > . J 'The Eev. * R, Mitchell, Te-Euiti, ■ was, appopted . chairman for: the ensuing year after three ballots, the other nominations beingthose > of Revs. Closs (Christchurch) and Hodgo 4 (Masterton). Next year/s' * takes place, at Palmereton- i?orth s : „ { CHINESE FAMINE .FUND. . —— ;': ■■■". ■ CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE. 'Mr. Yung-liarig Hwang (Chinese .Consul for New Zealand) acknowledges the following additional contributions - for- the ~ - ielief of sufferers by famine, in the Chi* ', iese 'districts -of Anhui --andr'KiaE|-su.:— - ■ Amount previously acknowledged, 4-199 75.. '. M.; Mr. A.'Tomj Featherstori; «£llos. Gd.;' total collected by. Mr. Tom from Chinese in Featherston, £2 55.; Messrs. low and Bing,' Warigaririi,' £3; total Oollfcted by.: Low and Bing from Chinese, in Wangar . nui,' £8 55.; Mr.' J. F. Ganstad, ;Hak> combe, 3s! 6d.; New Zealand Warehouse-., men's Association (Wellington), 3s. ; : total collected by.Chinese Empire. Re-: form Association (Sydney,. Australia), «£GO 125.; Mrs. I. Janet Bi^hley, - 'Stoke,-. Nel- ~ son,".£' 2; -Mr. -'Yip' Wconr r tbtal collected by Yip ;Woon from Chinese in Kumara. 16s. 6d.; total collected by Mr. Wong ■ Wey. Kee from' [ Chinese in Masterton, £3.. 12s. 6d.;. Mr., Wah Lee,' Auckland; i 2;. "An -English.Lady," Wellington, 2s. 6d.: 'Mr. Sue -Tat,..-.: Reef tori, JEI; total collected' by :MrV: Sue ; . ■ -;, Yit from r Chinese iii Reefton,.'£3 165.;. ' Mrs. Shea, Wellington, 2s.'Sd:;. collected by' Mr. Yee. Hong, from Chinese , m WeV lingtori, £2 10s. 6d. s ! Mr.,Gee long', Bulls, : Jl" 10s.; . total' collected by Mr. Chew . CHorig froni European friends in Nevr • V; Plymouth,-' £33 ;4s.j "R.D.," Wellington,'.:. v £2; "An Unknown Friend," Wellington, : 55.; total collected by Mr. Quong Chong On from Chinese in 'Hokitika,. 45.;: '- "A-Lady Friend,", per Rev. W. S.; ; Potter, ■ Wellington, 10s.» Mr. D. N.. - MacDiarmid, New Plymouth, ss.;.total collected by Messrs. On Chong. and Co. from Chinese in Sydney, Australia, £120; "Xu Auoiivmous," Wellington, £1; total, JC--185 ss. 3d. . m A sum of £200 was remitted by cab!<v. . gram through the Union Bank: of Aus-, . tralin ou January 28, and .a _further^ amount of i'2so will be rcmittel nwlay to Dr. John C.. Ferguson, editor-of th« "Shanghai Times," Shanghai. donations will be received by thA Consul,. . . and will be duly formrded to the phiir-,. man of the Central China Famine Relief Committee. ■ : ,