PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1920, Page 5

PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.

SUPERANNUATION FUND. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Nov. 23, Thj Committee of the Presbyterian Church of Now Zealand reported to the General Assembly to-day that a considerable amount of information was to be gathered on the question of superannuation. The income for the past year, including the balance brought forward, was £3140, and the expenditure was £3,443. The balance at the end of tie year was £1,406, or £3OO leas tlnu the previous year. Expenditure for the current year was estimated at £3,300, and this does not provide for any expanditnre not ordinarily borne by the find. The committee reconm-ended (1) that the assessments on the congregations bo as in the table attached; (2; that the income from debentures be assessed at 222y 2 per cent., and the income from other investments at. 5 per cent. The report was adopted. UPHOLDING LEAGUE OF NATIONS. Wellington, Last Night. The League of Nations formed the subject of discussion at the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day. A motion by the Rev. Dr. Gibbs, seconded by the 'Roy. Dr. Ervriiv wa& passed unanimously. It was to the effect that the Assembly regards with profuond misgivings the failure of the Powers, and especially the United States, to concentrate on the development of flic League of Nations, and the Assembly records its solemn conviction that not by the fostering of an aggressive military spirit, but by mutual disarmameht, open treaties, and the spirit of mutual conciliation and g9odwill contemplated by the League, will it be possible to avoid future wars. The Assembly therefore calls upon its ministers, office-bearers, and the people to familiarise tliemselves with the terras and constitution of the League, and to do all in their power to promote and sustain a public opinion which will lead to world-wide adoption of the League and the realisation of the ideal of universal peace and brotherhood which it enshrines.