PRIMITIVE METHODISTS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1472, 21 June 1912, Page 5

PRIMITIVE METHODISTS.

CENTENARY FUNDS.

By ToleeraDh-Prts. Assocbtion-CnDjTieh! ■ London, June. 10. For their centenary tho Primitive Methodists who are aiming to raise ±100,000 for local objects and .£IOO,OOO for central objects, have now raised ±210,000 and ,£BB,OOO respectively.

Asked last evening to explain the apK dracrepanoT between the amount set out to be raised and the amount actually r al sed for local purposes,'the Rev. J. Dawson said that, according to a letter he had received from the secretary, the Primitive Methodists set out to raise an aggregate sum of ±250,000-±150,000 for local purposes (to bo spent in tho disMAftnnn r ° money was collected), and ±100,000 lor purposes outside local requirements They had actually raised. f"»i?™ U i S - fl ■!" bfo «P I tion-'. « total of mn'?« }'£JL aml , ot ' this a"""'"* ±239,622 (£2.10,000 rouyhly, as set out in Id'! cable message)- wos ear-marked for ■ , ±00,000 over the v.ark set.. ,Tho fund for central or ron«r J?? n L p, ! rpo , SM . r, atl rMche ' l -ks.ooo, oi ±12,000 short of tho mark.