THE C.E.M.S.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1542, 11 September 1912, Page 5

THE C.E.M.S.

/ WELCOME TO THE REV. J. E. WATTS- ' . DITCHPIELD. The Eev. J. E. Watts-Ditchfield, of Loudon, who is touring the principal centres of Xew Zealand'under the auspices of the Church of England lien's Society, arrived in Wellington from the south yesterday, and during the afternoon conferred with the local dlergy. In .the evening the visitor was accorded a welcome by the members of the local branch of thj C.E.M.S. at the Sydney Street Schoolroom, there bning a. large, attendance. The Bishop ot Wellington (Dr. Sprotti presided, and introduced .Mr.' Watts-jtirchfield to the gathering as a strenuous and most successful • worker in one pf the most difficult fields.of the Church.- and as a strong leader in the Church of England Jlon's -Society. Mr. Wr-.fts-DitchficUl was given a most enthusiastic reception on rising to spent, being .greeted with appbme and cheers. He reviewed in an entertaining and conversational strain Iho present" condition nnd progress of the C.E.M.S., whose members, he said, numbered in roun'd figures 120,000. with 4210 branches, scattered oil over the world. At Hie clcse cf the address the.speaker a.niswcred various questions. A mass meeting for men is to be held at the Town Hall on Sunday next at 3 p.m.