METHODIST CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1063, 28 February 1911, Page 2

METHODIST CONFERENCE.

;.DIVISION = f ANi) AiTEBATION/; OFi -'■ '" ,. ' \;-a : , ; UIECTITS.-;;; ■';• V''--;^;.; ; [■■' . Qij TeleErapnTPressr'-iiwKjiaHon.) ■ ';■ ■-• .' , ChristchurchVFebruary -27. /'■" • •At the Methodist Conference the foU ; lowing recommendations , 'regarding-- the , division .and alteration Vqf-^ircuits;<"were i agreed" . ';"■".;;!'""' .?'.'"'■'''"■'„■■-":'T .-.■rfCambridge.'and- Te;Awaniutu: ; That Xβ.Awamutu and:adjacent.' places v>be .sepa-,-i' rated: from Cambridge and : consti bitei ■»■"■"' home"missi6n "station;; .>";■'■ ;.. •■•■■ .- .'.' Tauranga::That ;Tauranga Home'.-Mis-r.' station -be diyidedj-- the- Tauranga ii. : portion, to bs constituted, a circuit withar-'. probatiotter, , and,to'-consist. o£. the lowing places:—Tauranga, Oropij"Tururu,V.-v Omanawa,-; .Kaimai,',-; Oinokoroa, . . Bethlehem;Vi-That the following places/.:-. be constituted : a .home.r.missio'n .stationV-.j; under, the- nanie. of ■; Tβ -Puke,-.Papampa, ::■■ _ Maketn, ■ Paerigaiba,' ;Matata, : :Lake Kotb-.',' rua, and Matai:-..' -. ■:' ■■'.'-.•:• ''•.■ '■ ■■' ■■'. ;; : : ': ■ .. Opotiki::That the Opotiki Home Mis- • sion station be divided, fajid the Opotiki.: ; ■ •portion be> constituted a ; circuit, with the J. following•., 'preaching ■ -places-.—Opotiki,'; ; Waiotahi,. Otara,; Ohiwa,. Tirohanga, arid ; -: ■Waioweka; and that Waimana bo. consti-r': tuted .the ■ head, of. a hbnie '"raissioiystation -.. •'■ to include the following; preaching places: " ■\Vaimana, 'Whakafahc,-. Tanctua, : , Opou-; ; . riao.iOtarere, AVhairigarpa, arid"Keterere.; ! .- Hawera: That the Hawera:Circuit ba -•:". dividod, the new circuit.to be_;called the Manaia Circuit,' and tplcomprise Manaia,-- ■...:■ Auroa, Okaiawa, Matapu,-arid ,Oeo,- with'.- , a probationer in.-charge:v:A motion-'was'.; ■:■ carried that the Manaia Circuit sbontd :.- not bo required to-pay- a'.'inarried-maa-:-within two years-from date." ••'■'/-'■'■' <■"■' '''■/:.■■ South- AVairdrapa: ■ That" South ■> J raptt Circuit bo divided as follows:—The". ''-' northern portion' of the-circuit ./to-';be;';;; ; called- C'artertdn,' arid" to include "Carter--.•• ' ton, Dalefield, ■.-,' Belvedere, \ Clareville,- .' Parkville.andAVhakeke;; the southern por ? ;;• tion-to be called'South.;Wairarapa;.andtq : v include FeatherstonV ■:.•: Kahntara,,. Cross 'i; Creek, .Groytown, and Morrison's'Bust The Waiohine Eivcr to bs, the boundary '..; between the hvo .civcuits;. ;a,;<„■ "ralit be made- t6-.the;'Soiitli .TCairarapa..: circuit and: that the Some;. Missionary, V now-engaged be withdrawn;;., ;.;•-.■■:;-..■.-.• Blenheim: That the'Flaxhdurno portion; , of the "circuit:.be'separated from.'Blen-. : - heim and constituted a separate home misr, ■ sion station to be worked by.a ; home mis-.;• sionary-rjmder'.-vthe of the. ,;. Blenheim superintendent. A home mis- _-,-.. sion grant of j>4o to.be made. ~- ■■■.:■..-.--•■ Ota|o district:. That the .name of the.. Waiau home mission, station be .changed _. to Tuatapore. . ■ .-'■■-' - -: : -'■-'■.' ~ ■>.-.--■ The following: .synod ;,recommendatione • ■. ; W SSS d That a : P robationertef appointed to the circuit to T.eside at - Epsom; the location of thj supenntend-j--.;; ent minister ;at ; Mount; Eden |. to ■; be. re-.-ferred to the December quarterly,meetms. : Otahuhu: A home.mpionary,to.re,ide; .- at Papakura, no grant-being _askc Q for. Han&toni.To appoint,a : probationer to . r reside at..Ngaruawahiatwith a grant of. i-25 for one year.only.;. ....;..y-. .: ■ ■■: .Timaru:- That a-probationer.be ; ap-.,-pointed at Gore; that : .a,home.. missionary _. be appointed to Gore a-s soon-; as,., an / is available,to work the-Mataura- : end:of the-.circuit.--,: :??'.;-ir:. i'S^. In- representative - session .-.-.{.«»«£ i conference agreed. to;.th.e..recommendation ,- of the A Committee, regarding additional.., : preachers, and regarding - provision -.of ;-_.■:, pieachers. ■ -= . ■ ■ .!--•-■/--.-'■■ ■'' : .:'.-- • - A motion' appreciative of the manner in. ; which Ws ExceUencv,the.Governor con-., duotod- the citizenship meeting, ; and or ~ his references'to thf.-Methodist -Church,r- ; was agreed to unanimously. '•>..' *,-■■'■'; The -congratnlations • of ;■ the -conference ».; were extended: to; Mr. AKred -Marshall'-on .;,- being selected as Rhodes. .Scholar;-; -, • c: In the evening an Ordination Service ■•:_-;■ was held at which the preacher.was tto- ; ;. Kcv. C.H. Laws. ■•;;"- v-:"'-.".;; ; :;'. '-.-■;. 1