WORLD ALLIANCE CONFERENCE

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28981, 24 August 1959, Page 10

WORLD ALLIANCE CONFERENCE

Presbyterian Church Moderator Home

(New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, August 23. The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand (the Rt Rev. Dr. J. D Salmond), of Dunedin, arrived at Whenuapai yesterday on his way home from the eighteenth five-yearly conference of the World Alliance of Reformed and Presbyterian Churches at Sao Paulo, Brazil. Fifty-three countries and 78 churches were represented at the conference. Dr. Salmond said today. He was very impressed with the delegates from Africa and Asia. Three countries behind the Iron Curtain, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Rumania were represented, but there was general disappointment that no Hungarian was present Four delegates were expected, he said, but they could not get visas to travel. Dr. Salmond also took part in the centennial celebrations of the Presbyterian Church of Bra til which were held at Rio De Janeiro.

The celebrations had a thrilling climax. Dr. Salmond said, when President Kubitchek attended the final service and delivered an address It was the first time the president of a Latin-American country had attended an importcSurch erVlCe in an evan « ellc >I

_^ r - Salmond will leave for Dunedin tomorrow morning.