MARSDEN CENTENARY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2270, 2 October 1914, Page 9

MARSDEN CENTENARY

The'following resolutions were agreed to at a meeting of the jMarsden Centenary Celebration Commission held at the Diocesan Office,' Auckland: — (1) That in consequence of the changed circumstances arising from the breaking out of war, the commission, with great regret, is obliged to abandon the proposed Church Congress. (2) Tuat .the special celebration of Holy Communion at the Marsden Cross on Christmas Day, 1914, should be held as arranged.

(3) That special thanksgivings be offered in every church throughout the province on Christmas Day, 1914. (4) That the public meeting in the Town Hall, Auckland, on December 11, 1914, be held as arranged. (5) That while the raising of the Thanksgiving Centenary- Fund is impossible at present in consequence of the war, yet, in the opinion of the commission, it should be proceeded with, if circumstances permit, after the declaration of peace.

At a meeting of the Wellington Central Committee of the Marsden Centenary Exhibition it was unanimously resolved that the Exhibition be postponed until a convenient date to be fixed as soon, as possible after the conclusion of the war. The above resolution was read at a meeting of the Exhibition Committee of St. parish, Thorndon, on Wednesday evening, and it was decidcd to suspend the operations of the committee and the study circles. General regret was expressed that this step should be necessary, but it was felt that in the circumstances it would not be advisable to proceed with tho programme as arranged prior to the outbreak of the war.