MISSIONS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1597, 14 November 1912, Page 2

MISSIONS.

,PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN'S UNION. The 'annual niceting of the' Presbyterian Women s Missi««iary Union was liohl iji St. John's Church ycslordity, in conjiijictiQji • with the General Assembly, Tho Moderator of the Assembly, the Kov, Andrew Cameron, presiilorl, and nmt ofjhe inembfira of tho Assembly also attendejt. • The annual report, a Imuikl pamphlet of some CO pages, recounted the activities of the contra) executive and of tiro affiliated branches. Gtnorally the achievement: of the yenr was spoken of with sfttisfactjoii. The financinl statement showed Hint tho Mccipts for tiie- yenr had !x»cii MU Ss. 6}tl.,- n«d tho (tjponiiitiu-0 is, 7ii. leaving a balance to predit in general ac count of J&1 6s, 11.<1 ? ' ■ ■ . ' I'ho Kev. Br. Gibb moved the adoption of tho report, saying ttiiit lie ilid so vvitli no sniall, pleasure, . lflvcn a hasty glanii at the report showed that tho ladles »f Ihe uiiion had , laboured genefoiisly, aiid ' with good effect.' Jt was u proof of tjieij-s&lf-sacnAcing service for no.nis of them were what might bo culled wiimen of leisure. In those days of pessimism it wa a matter'for congratulation ttfitt so,many women wete spending so much of. their time, and devoting so many of their en orgies in the direct service of tho King dom. Since long- ego the hearts of the Women of the Church had been in thjs great work of but there was a growing necessity for ■ greater sarnestnus .in nil the missionary organisations, Tho Church was now cpnfrojiftd -with the n:ues tion of whether it would'stand still or gp forward with: missionary, .endoavour But to attempt to stand still would be to go backwards. It was in fact iniEOssible to stand still in tMs matter, an'd tho Church must w forward. ' .Mr. J. Qi. W. Aitken seconded tho mo tioii, and feoinmended the ladies for their energy in the cause of missions, They were very mueh more alivb , in this regard thaii wetie the male members of congiiefrations. Th*. lUiion.lrad done a great deal, justifying the hope that it would , be :possible, to extend our hornu and foreign missionary activity this. year. Tii« report was adopted. The Ecv. A. Came/oh congratulated the union .on its work, and eneonraged member? to Ro on fa further endeavour. Miss Eanisay, travelling secretary, gave a ehoi't account of the work she had gone in. the nine months since her appointment. ' Fifiy-eight new branches of the union, had beeil established, some, lapsed ..branches had been revived, and many of the older branches had been strengthened. ■ br, John Kiric, of the Canton .Village Mission, addfessad the ipeetitig, and conveyed greetings from, his <s>mpaniotts in the field.. Ho could not'-possibly forget that his usefulness in the Canton villages depended -on' his belonging to a team, and hb could not wish to belong to ft better team than the teato with which he Was-associated in Canton. Hβ congratu-f lnted the .P.W.M.U. on-what they had ■done iti the jeta. , , ■ , - ' The ladies of the Wellington branch of •ffie-wniQn { .entertaised.the. I wera%ers of the Assembly, and of .the P.W.M.U. .Confer, bnee. l at tea in. St. Jolui's- EEall after th« meeting. , • '. v' ■ :■. ■: ••.

Tie Christchurch "Press" armoAiiicestho eniw. r *nient of J. Verity, thfrl. daughter of Mr. C. H. Verity, of Craigmore Bownes, Pareora, to Mr. Tudor ■•Willo'ughby Hangerford, so.u of- Mr. &'. 'W. HußgerfOrd, Cheviot, ■ , •■ v . Gapfein And Mrs, fiiggiiisdn, who hay* been touring,-New Zealand,'leave by the Kuahine to-day fpr England. Mrs; Byron Brown (Otaki) is visiting ■Wellington. The. matron of the hospital acknowledges- the .following with thanks:—l< lowers, Mr. Bflillio, Baptist Sunday School children; old linen, Mrs. H. Kowe, Mrs. Ashboldt; books and magazines, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Foster Brown, Mrs, Cuniniins, Miss Dare; books and papers, Miss Ctonco, Mrs. Hunter, Mr, Bailhe; clothes for fever ward, Mrs. M Galium, Mrs. Arthur Hume. Jfr. B. Pollock, late Uoyd's surveyor for New South Wales, accoisvp&nied by Bis wife and daughter,-aro touring N ,T %aland. They arrived in Auckland by the Wimmera on Mouday. Miss Irene Colville, sister of the Kev. A. H. Colville, of New Plymouth, arrived, .in. Wellington by the Botorua, and .left almost immediatclyjor New.Plymouth.