PRESBYTERY MEETING
: Church Work in Railway Camps The. bi-monthly meeting, of the Hawke's Bay Presbytery- was held in 'the Presbyterian Church, Waipukurau. There was a large attendance, representatiyes . coming ffroifc' ail over Hawke 's Bay anQ. as far away as Woodviile and Wairoa. The chief ; business dealt with concerned ' church "work in tho" railway .camps • between Gisborne and Wairoa. During - the holiday vacation a student minister hat been in charge of the services held in these camps andj now that he has to leavq to continue his studies in the sonth, the problem ha's been to get a suitable mau to replace him. There are soaie 200 children in these camps ahd -! Sunday schoola ' are being established for them. . Other matters concerning the general welfare- §i congregations ' were dealt with. The members-of the Presbytery congratulated the Rev. D. N. MacDiarmid and tbe Rev. F. W. Roberts on their recent appointments as Diretcor of Missions and Clerk of the Assembly, rospectively.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 29, 18 February 1937, Page 3
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