METHODIST UNION.
RESULTS OF THE VOTING. (By TclOßraph.-Press Association.) ChristcKurch, May 27.. ' In June last year a committee, repreionting ' the Methodist Church and the Primitive Methodist Churoh of Now Zealand, met in Wellington, and ■ drew up a basis of union between the two Churches. The proposed union was considered, and provisionally adopted by the conference of each Church. Early this year the Methodist conference remitted the matter to the quarterly meeting of circuit officials throughout the Dominion, and the , results now to hand show a very strong body of opinion in favour of the proposed union. A Unanimous vote was given for union in.a very large majority of circuits. Out of Mil persons ■present, only 11 voted in the negative, while 42 were neutral, leaving 1358 votes in support of the proposal. The following is a statement of the voting in the six districts into which the Church is divided:— ■B ' „ '3 district, |j || lll^ ■ ' 51 fit £'I £lj§2 Auckland 31 327 313 0 14, Wanganui 20 241 235 2 4 Wellington 20 274 258 fi 10 Nelson i> 95 !M 1 0 Canterbury .... 20 288 2.9 2 i Otago 19 181) 179 0 7 Totals 119 1411 1308 11 42
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1451, 28 May 1912, Page 5
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201METHODIST UNION. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1451, 28 May 1912, Page 5
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