WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

Evening Post, Volume XLI, Issue 55, 6 March 1891, Page 2

WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

REV. J. BERRY TO BE TRANSFERRED TO VICTORIA. IBT TILKQEAPH.J lUNITBD FBESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, sth March. At to day's sitting of the Wesleyan Conferenos, the Rev. J. Berry (Wellington) applied for transfer to the Victorian Conference. He said he had bean invited to tbe Hawthorn Cironit in the Melbonrne district. Gr«at regret was expressed that Mr. Berry had decided to remove from New Zealand. The following resolution waa oarried : — " That the Conferenos, having heard Mr. Berry's application for transfer to Viotoria and Tasmania, and the correspondence relating thereto, expresses ita willingness to consent to the transfer if a suitable supply ia offered." The following cablegram was sent to the Victorian Conference .—" Will transfer Mr. Berry if a enitable man is offered aa supply. Send names." It waß resolved to postpone the second reading of the stations until Tuesday, in order to give an opportunity of deciding whether the changes of stations should be made every five years instead of every three years, aB at present. The Conference deoided to admit into the Wesleyan ministry in New Zealand the Rev. C. E. Beecroft, on condition of a medioal certificate being produced, and that there be two years of financial probation.