MAORI MORMONISM.
CONVENTION AT AWAPUNI. (Per Press Association.} Palmerston, April 5. The annual Mormon convention began at Awapuni, a mile from Palmerston North, yesterday. Five hundred Maori members have already assembled, with Pastor Romney as president, and 57 American elders from Salt Lake City, as well as Maori ministers. Members are gathered from all parts of New Zealand. The Hon. To Rangihiroa. M.P., visited the meeting. To-morrow the assembly will proceed to vote on the election of a president for the Mormons Church, two councillors, and twelve elders at Salt Lake, simultaneously with similar conventions in all parts of the world. The convention will extend over Easter. The Maori adherents number 0000, and the Mormons are establishing an agricultural college at a cost of £lO,000.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 84, 6 April 1912, Page 5
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125MAORI MORMONISM. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 84, 6 April 1912, Page 5
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