MISSIONS TO SEAMEN.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 30, 5 February 1907, Page 2

MISSIONS TO SEAMEN.

REV. G. jfc WILSON ENTERTAINED. A leccptibfi yaii tendered to the Rev. G. F. Wilsonyi'gcnerar superintendent of the Missions to Seanwn^n London, at the Missions to Seamen's Institute- last evening. The Acting-Premier, the Hon. W. Hull-Jones, piosidcd, and the attendance was laTfrc, „ „ In welcoming " the Rev. Mr. Wilson, the clisintfan spoke' appreciative Jy of the work done heie by the missloner, Mr. Jumos Moore. Mr. Moore, he said, was doing a grand woik, and Wellington coald ill afford to lose him. Mr. C. P. Powlcc, in a brief speech, moved that a hearty welcome be extended to Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Wilson. This was seconded by the Rev. J. D. Russell, and carried. with ( Reclamation. The missioner, Mr. 3as. 'Moore, added lu"s; word of welcome, ai»(l incidentally referred to th© great interest taken in seamen by the Hon. W. Hall-Jones. Afterwards Iklrg, Wilson was presented with' a grTOn^tone^'Tjiftter-khife, the occasion being her birthday, and Mr. Wilson , and .hii _wife Vfifv, .presented, with an illuminated' address! In acknowledging these tributes, Rev. Mr. Wilson made 'reference to the work which is' being done "in' the interests of seamen throughout the, and to the benefits resulting therefrom. HeTe in New .Zealand excellent w;crk had been done, the Scamcif's Institute in Wellington, under the care of Mr. Moore, being one of the cheeriest and . brightest in tho world. In this connection. Mr. Wilson mentioned that the A-rchbishop of Canterbury had requested 'him to express his grateful thanks for the kindness ehovm to sailors in. tho colonies. » During the'",eveßing -a programme of songs, etc., van gone through. Mts. Ben Wilson and Miss Newman contributed solos, and Miss J. Arndt several recitations, while Miss Piinglp gave a violin solo The accompaniments v.-ero ' played by the Misses Aindt, Pringle, and Upham.