MELANESIAN MISSION.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1500, 24 July 1912, Page 6

MELANESIAN MISSION.

MEETING AT THE

HALL. A meeting on behalf of tho Melaneisian . Mission 'will ,bo .held in tho Town. Hall to-night (as advertised in another col--1 uimi). There ivill be no chargo for admission, biit only a collection to defray- '.. expenses.'"-The time • has long passed when'missions were looked upon as tho fad of a few.- Now we find prominent business men, governors, naval men, political agents, anil other well-qualified men ■; standing alongside of bishops and clergy " -to 1 advocate tho 'olaims' of missions, and , to' Speak of their good work. _ His Excel, lency the Governor (Lord Islington) lias ■••signified his intention of being present toj. right,-'' and ' speaking in support of tho mission and its, great work. Addresses '■-■ •will also bo given; by. the new Bishop of Melanesia (Dr. Wood), . the Bishop of Auckland (Dr. Crossley), and others. • Addressing.a great meeting in the Anck- - land Town Hall on Sunday afternoon, Dr. ► Wood said: "Tho other day, when I w.ent on board the Southern Cross, I saw ." what I was told was a whale-boat, and I ■ really thought I must bo in some museum." Tlie Bishop laid stress upon tho ..urgent need for motor boat-sin tho work of the mission. He had told the meeting' ill Duiiedin that he wanted a boat ' costing £IW, and'ovor i£l3o was given in v . cash or promised in the halL (Applause.) In, Christchurch a promise had ( been ' -.made to- raise funds. ;for ajiother boat, ' find he had told the Bishops of Auckland • ' and "Wellington' that ho wanted their cities-to"take a lesson from the others. .-TCo< werit on -to say: "Auckland is tho 'springboard' of the mission, and so I am -- going to ask you for a rather larger -..boat., costing-<£3oo, for .use 'in my own work' in the Solomon Islands, m.v headAlready I have been given .£25 ' by the St..Barnabas' Association, and tho .first man' I Wet afterwards said: Til ' double it,' so that, with other contributions, I have now .£85." (Applause.) After the meeting a committee was appointed to organise th» raising of tho .f.Klfl asked for by the BHion. Already .'-£l9O is in hand, the collection at the Town Fall amounting to <£70 12s. The Adelaide correspondent nf the "Church Standard" writes:—"All who heard or-had the W'l'.fortiine to. meet the Risliop-elcct of Mclancsi-i feel that ' tiin milt man has'been called to that difficult work; . He pives one the imnres- - sion of a man who lias n Wonderful rererve of spiritual slreneHi.' He hopes +6. come back i" two VW' time again *" to confer with BirVin WUson and nrgo the claims of the Mission."