PRIMITIVE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 15, 19 January 1899, Page 5

PRIMITIVE METHODIST CONFERENCE.

CHRISTCHURCH, January 17. " The following are the officers of the Primitive Methodist Conference:--President, Rev. P. W. Jones; vicepresident, Mr J. Taylor; secretary, Rev. J. Sharp. The following is the first draft- of stations:—Nfvy pjymoutb, Rev. J. Qlpherf; Wellington 1., Rev. G. H. Mann; Wellington 11., Revs. J. Dawson and R. Hall; Auckland 1., Revs. W. Laycock ans $. William?; Auckland 11., Rev. J. Sharp; Invercargill, Rev. C. E. JS^ardj: Timaru, Rev. A. Raihe; Thames, Rev. E. Drake; Greenda-le, Rev. J. Clover; Christchurch, Rev. T. H. Lyons; Ashburton, Rev. W. S. Potter; Feilding, Rev. P. A. Jones; Geraldine, Rev. J. Nixon; Dunedin, Revs. J. Guy and P. Cossum; Foxton, Rev. W. WoollassJ Halcombe, Rev. S. Henderson; Inver-carg-ill South, Eev. T. Apybus; Stratford and Eltham, Revs. G. Clement and B. Dudley; Waimate, Rev. J. W. Hevwood; Westport, Revs. W. Harris, J. B. Merritt, and J. M. Bourne; Hunterville, Rev. G. P. Hunt; Inglewood, one to be obtained; Bluff, Rev. F. W. Boys; Waihi, Rev. S. Barnett; Wanganui, Rev. J. Cocker. Revs. R. Hall, T. A. Pybus, and P. Cossum, on the examiners' reports, were passed in the second year. The jubilee loan report showed that £1,560 had been lent, and £734 repaid during the year. CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. ; The Primitive Methodist Conference resumed its sittings to-day. The Sunday Schools report showed thatconnected with the Church were 63 schools, 554 teachers, and 4,770 schotars. There were 3,273 -juvenile abstainers. The receipts for the year amounted to £913, and the expenditure to £768. The home missions' report showed an income of £ 2SI, in addition to £100 raised for the Wanganui mission. A motion was carri ed making it imperative to use unfermented wine only at the Lord's Supper. It was decided also by 26 votes to 11 that total abstinence from intoxicating liquor should be a condition of church membership '- .. '.-."': * : • '-'A