THE KAISER'S £1450

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2269, 1 October 1914, Page 5

THE KAISER'S £1450

FOR EVANGELISATION WORK

A singular and somewhat amusing situation has been created in N<!w South Wales Methodist Mission circlcs' by the receipt from the Kaiser- of a . bank-draft for £1450 for tho' work of evangelisation in German New. Guinea. ~.. .rtl.V before the outbreak of hostilities the Kaiser directed that a certain sum of money should be applied to the furtherance of mission work in his oversea colonies. Among these colonies, of course, German New Guinea ■ Sf a ii_ v ■, . ' s well-known that Methodist Mission work, in tho-islands of the Pacific is controlled by an Australian board, which recently received the draft referred to. Before, however, the whole amount was expended in the manner directed, the upheaval came, and the territory was gathered m under the folds of the Union Jack. Now the Board of Missions is faced' with a rather knotty problem—What; ought to be done with the lalance of ' the cheque? It is understood that tho portion of it which has been expended was paid away in accordance with the Kaiser's wishes. Members of the denomination take comfort in the belief that if tho rest of the money is used for the purposes of evangelising the natives, even though they did cheer the new flag when it was hoisted, all that is required in the oiroumstances will be done. "Anyhow,' 1 said a prominent churchman, "if it were re-posted it might never reach the august subscriber."—"Sydney Daily Telegraph."