METHODIST CHURCH

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1937, Page 13

METHODIST CHURCH

MINISTERS' POSTS

• . FINAL DETERMINATION

(By Telegraph—Press. -Association,)' AUCKLAND, February 26. The appointments of Methodist ministers for 1937 were .finally: determined at the Dominion conference. .The -final draft showed the following: alterations in the earlier list, the' names of present ministers being shown in ', parentheses:— '. South Auckland ■ District.—Hauraki Plains, the Rev. C. L. Duder (the Rev. C. J. T. Luxton); Morrinsville second (Waitoa), the Rev. R. W.; Mayson,,(the Rev. J. A. E. Daglish); Whakatane, the Rev. C. T. J. Luxton (the Rev. J. John). Hawke's Bay-Manawatu- District.— Dannevirke, the Rev. A. E. White (the Rev. R. J. Liddell). '.. ..VC- ■ * North Canterbury■ ■ District.r^Christchurch, Durham Street second, the :Rev. J. John (the Rev. R..Thorriley); Sydenham, the Rev. Wesley Parker .^the Rev. B. R. Harries). ■■■ '■ ' '■■■■ Otago-Southland.—Riverton, the' Rev. J. M. Blight (the Rev. W, Parker). Changes in home mission appointments are:— ..../' Auckland District.—Helensville, the ■Rev. E. H. Dalley; Kaukapa-Silverdale, the Rev. H. O. Jones; Hokianga ■ and Rawene, the Rev. H. A. Cochrane. . Taranaki-Wangamii.—Gonville-Wanga-nui, the Rev. C. W. Brown; Inglewood, the Rev. H. Ashworth; Ohurai the Rev. R. T. Alexander. • ■ • ■ . > Hawke's Bay-Manawatu.—Foxton-Shannon, the Rev. R. .Grice;' Waipawa, the Rev. S. Keen; Wairoa, the Rev. J. H. Woolford. Wellington District.—Johnsonville and Porirua, the Rev. W. L. -Long; Ku'ripuhi and Masterton, the Rev. G. V. Thomas; Greytown-Featherston, the Rev. W. Falkingham. ' ' . ' ; ■Nelson.—Murchison, the Rev.-G. W. Crammond. ■ . ■ ' North Canterbury.—Waddington,. the Rev.H. J. Malcolm; Woolston second, the Rev. H. E. Bellhouse (supply). ■ - Otago-Southland.—Waikouaiti, the Rev. H.R. Wright; Lawrence, the Rev. A..Collins; Kaitangata, the Rev.'W. H. Gregory; Otautau-Tuatupere, ■. the Rev. C. Robinson; Nightcaps,, the; Ray. W. McDonald.: ; ■ ' ';; The following were elected chairmen of districts:^-Auckland, the.Rev. E. D. ■Patchett; South Auckland,-the Rev. W. J. Oxbrow; . Taranaki-Wanganui, . the Rev. F. Copeland; Hawke's Bay-Mana-watu, the Rev. H. J. Odell; Wellington, the Rev. P. R. Paris; Nelson, the Rev. J. D. McArthur; North Canterbury, the Rev. C. Eaton; South Canterbury, the Rev. A. Mcßean; Otago-Southland, the Rev. C. H. Olds; Solomon Islands Mission District, the Rev. J. F. Gouldie. The next conference is to be held at Wellington in February, 1938.