METHODIST CHURCH
CENTENARY MEMORIAL SOLOMON ISLANDS WORK fßy Telegraph.—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday . i The erection of a new church at ‘ Otakau, Otago, to mark the centenary I next February of the establishment in . Otago of the first Maori mission in trie South Island by Ihe Methodist Church was supported by the Dominion conference of the Church to-day. it is proposed to replace the existing Do-year-old church with a brick structure costing about £2OOO. The Rev. 11. Schrivin, foreign mission secretary, reviewed ine years work in the Solomon Islands. He said • that increased membership, the ordinI alien of Ihe first native minister and ; the re-establishment of the medical ) unit indicated the progress made. The , estimates for the coming year provided i for an income of £II,OOO from New Zealand and £2OOO from the Solomon Islands. A tribute was paid to the Rev. E. P. Blamires, retiring Dominion youtn director, for 17 years' service. Delegates stated that lie was acknowledged throughout New Zealand and Australia by all Churches as a leader of young people’s work.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20739, 24 February 1939, Page 2
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173METHODIST CHURCH Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20739, 24 February 1939, Page 2
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