METHODIST CENTENARY FUND,
At tho Primitive Methodist conference at Norwich on .Tune IS it was reported that wliilo the object of tlio special cen- | tenarv effort was to secure a fund of JCiio,Uoo—Jiamcly, .£150,000 for local objects and .£IOO.OOO for the Central or Connexional Fund, tho figures showed that lor local objects tho contributions amounted to .£239,759, while the central fund amounted to .£BB,OOO. SirW. Hartley's gift to the centenary fund was .£9119 (is. Bd. Sir William promised ,£l. r >,0l)0, representing 15 per cent, on tlio full amount of .£IOO,OOO for tho central fund. This total was, however, not reached, hence his smaller contribution. Two estates of tho combined value of .£IOOO have also been given to the fund, earmarked for (ho'orphanage and aged local preachers. Sir AV. Hartley had in addition spent ,£3IOO on tho Harrogate homes and given .£7500 to the Holborn Hall.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1509, 3 August 1912, Page 9
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146METHODIST CENTENARY FUND, Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1509, 3 August 1912, Page 9
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