LONDON CITY MISSION.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14758, 30 August 1913, Page 16

LONDON CITY MISSION.

GRATEFUL FOR NEW ZEALAND ! 11ELP. j (rßou orn otvx correstokdent). > LONDON, July 18. • The June number of the "Ix>ndon City Mission Magazine" records the. return ot the Rev. ilarlin. An&tcy, who came back from his visit to New Zealand bringing £76 4s &d for the funds of the Mission from friends in the Dominion. i The magazine says: —"Wβ tender our sincere thanks to ail who havo responded to his appeal in this hour of need." Mr Anstey went out with his wife and two daughters to visit his brother, tho Hon. John Anstey, M.L.C. (Timaru). On his way out ho was welcomed by the Lord .Mayor of Melbourne, who gave him a civic roc-option in tho Town Hall, and by tho Lord!

Mayor of Sydney, who arranged & private recital on tho city orpan. In Now Zealand, adds the "magazine, Mr Anstcy preached and took up collections at Auckland, Elleeme.ru, Rotorua, find Timaru. Ho also loctunxl on tho ''Romance of a London Slum , " at "Wellington, Christohnrch, and Dunedin. He received subscriptions also from friends on board tho Orama on tho outward journey, and the Hemuera on the return home. Mr Anst-ey received a warm welcome from his brother, who motored him from place to place, covering altogether "00 miles, for various religious services, etc., and from Mrs John Anstcy, who collected a considerable proportion of the amount received for the Mission. Mr Anstey appealed for a sum of £100 i>or annum from New Zealand for the support of a Dominion missionary, or £'2. r > from each of the four cities —Auckland, Wellington, Christohureh. and Dunedin. and this amount, together with other sums from other places in New Zealand, he hopes, in due course, to receive. I may mention that Mr l< rank l.iylor. of AVanganui. has been for the Inst two years working for the I/ondon City Mission.