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THE BISHOP OF NELSON AT REEFTON.

The Bishop of Nelson visited the above district on Saturday last, and held divine service on Sunday ; both in the morning and evening, in Barker's Hotel, the attendance was far larger than the room could accommodate, though it was densely filled. The collections, which were tu be devoted to defray the expenses of the next clergyman of the Church of England that came up to Bevfton, amounted to £lO 3s. The singiug was most hearty, the Bishop remarked that he had seldom heard better.

On Monday a deputation waited on the Bishop and laid before him a long preliminary list, to be afterwards enlarged, of the names of those who were anxious that steps shall be taken to erect a church, and arrangements made for services ; and after conference, it was arranged that a clergyman should visit Eeefton regularly for the present, and in the intervals of said visits the services should be carried on by lay readers, of whom there were one or two already available. Mr Niven offered the school-room for service. Mr Graham Greenwood, who has been acting as lay reader at Collingwood and Charleston, has been authorised by the Bishop to commence the services at Eeefton, and will also initiate a Sunday school. On Monday evening, the Bishop delivered a lecture in Ryan's large room to a crowded audience, many of whom were standing all the time, on the " Manuscripts of the New Testament," which was listened to most attentively. Mr Pitt was in the chair, and a vote of thanks was proposed by Mr Crampton. The Bishop, with Mr C. Hunter Brown, J.P., who had kindly come for the purpose of accompanying his Lordship on the overland route from Nelson, visited the Prospectors' Claim and the Victoria and Weld's " Look out Tree," and satisfied himself with the pick in his own hand of the existance of rich quartz in both claims He reached Westport on Wednesday morning by Peter the Greek's boat, stopping at E. Carne's for the night, where.there is ample and clean accommodation, and a good example set to many of our " want of accommodation houses."

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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 934, 2 March 1872, Page 2

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THE BISHOP OF NELSON AT REEFTON. Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 934, 2 March 1872, Page 2

THE BISHOP OF NELSON AT REEFTON. Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 934, 2 March 1872, Page 2

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