METHODISM.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 45, 2 June 1910, Page 5

METHODISM.

THE SEPARATION QUESTION. j i By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. | Adelaide, June 1. j The Rev. Mr. Laws, president of the New Zealand Conference, stated that since liis boyhood he had been an ardent separationist. New Zealanders did not take up at the attitude in any lighthearted fashion. It was the settled judgment of New Zealand. The Rev. C. H. Garland, New Zealand, thought organic union with Australia the best for New Zealand, but finally decided to sink hisf personal views in deference to the unanimous wish of the church. j Dr. Morley, formerly of New Zealand, thought the case for the Dominion lacked vital argument. ! The Rev. W. J. Williams, New Zealand, remarked that Dr. Morley for twenty years, when in New Zealand, advocated separation, and it was a painful experience to find one who had instructed and inspired New Zealanders on the question now opposed to them. The Rev. Mr. Laws, in an interview after the vote had been taken, said the Dominion delegates were highly Satisfied with the result and at tlie .■impartial hearing given to the speakers. The result would give the liveliest satisfaction to New Zealand Methodists. I The Methodist Conference decided to forward the movement of the missionary policy necessitating an inereasu in the income of £10,500 annually, bring- ■ ing the total income to £40.000, necessary to meet the existent expenditure of £30,000, and to defray the deficit of £7900, of which £4OOO was caused by the Fiji hurricane, and the balance by progressive work in Papua, Xew Bri-[ tain, the Solomons and India.