Missionary society’s spring school

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33626, 30 August 1974, Page 8

Missionary society’s spring school

Missionaries and members of the Anglican Church Missionary Society will meet in Christchurch for (he next three day* for their biennial South Island spring school.

| The guest speaker at the [conference will be the Rev ]D. Hewetson, Africa secretary for the Church Missionary Society, Australia, and former principal of St [Philip’s Theological College, [Kongwa, in the diocese of Central Tanganyika.

The Rev P. Taylor, who works among Aborigines in the Northern Territory of Australia, will also attend. Five seminars will be spread over today and tomorrow, on the subjects of rural evangelism in Tanzania, city evangelism in Singapore, and evangelism in an Islamic State and amongst Aborigines. A seminar on partnership in mission is for clergy and concerned lay people.'

The Rev. E. Ngweso (Tanzania), at the start of the programme last evening,

Across 6— Grant of rights to map-maker? (7) 7— The message of a poem or a long novel. (5) 9— Would a drink make less boring 1 (3) 10— Bv which a fairy measures the circumference? (9) 12— All or none? (3, 1, 3. 2,2) 15— It’s so funny it sends one to sleep! (8, 3) 17— Habitual application of 100 in summing up. (9) 19— Throw a missile because easily startled? (3) 21— Where memory is lost of a terrible thereafter (5) 22— Fence in part gets abuse. (7) Down 1— Magnetic personality brings hurt to many. (5) 2— Cook little fish. (3) 3— Only a stretch of water. (4) 4— She’s in charge since to be in debt is up to him. (9) 5— Unusual morsel often eaten by the Welsh. (7) 8— Rebellion is obviously no downward path. (6) 11— Presumably it’s no aid to aiming a short-barrelled gun. (4, 5) 13— Fly by way of internal airlines to England initially. (6) 14— They show things in a wicked light. (7) 16— Quiet individual was brilliant. (5) 18— The shape of eggs —5O of them. (4) 20— Knowing how to go by air. (3) Yesterday’s solution Across: 7, Electric chair; 8, Cretonne; 9, Last; 10. Anthem; 12, Netted; 14, Season; 16, Dealer; 18, Eric, 20, Round off; 22, Standing still. Down: 1, Florence; 2, Scotch; 3, Iron; 4. Screened; 5, Chalet: 6, Bias; 11. Monorail; 13, Evenfall; 15. Second; 17, Audits; 19, Rite; 21, Urge.

.outlined developments in Tanzania, and Mr Hewetson discussed the task of the missionary society. Sister G. Baxter, a nursing sister at Zanana Christian Hospital in Sukkur, Pakistan, for 14 years will address the meeting this evening on "Pakistan today,”

and the Rev. B. R. Carrell, {general secretary of the ’Church Missionary Society jin New Zealand, will speak jon work in Asia. I Miss A. Rowe, a parish worker and chaplain at St Margaret’s Secondary School, Singapore, for the last three years will speak on “Singapore today.” Teams will on Sunday visit parish churches, and the school will end on Sunday afternoon with a mis-

sionary-oriented childrens rally and a closing address (by Mr Hewetson.