METHODIST CHURCH

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 February 1942, Page 3

METHODIST CHURCH

I SELECTION OF MINISTERS

| WELLINGTON, February 21. ■ The first reading of stations was i taken by the Methodist Conference ' this morning, and the following ministers, who are changing circuits m April, were entered as the first selection, the names of rhe present ministers being given in parentheses: Auckland —Dominion Road. W. G. Slade, M.A. (F. Gardiner Brown); Auckland Central Mission, no pastoral change; Avondale, Walter Parker (H. A. Sharp); J. J. Lewis, Birkenhead, a home missionary to as-, sist the Rev. A. J. Johnston; Pukekohe, F. B. Lawrence (W. G. Slade); Kawakawa-Kaikohe, H. K. Brown; Mongonui, L. R. M. Gilmore (H. Whitfield); Waihi, Moses Ayrton (R. Day); Hamilton, C. H. Olds (R. B. Tinsley); Tauranga, E. C. Leadley (H. White); Waikato Mapri Mission, Rangi Rogers, Native probationer. Taranaki-Wanganui. — Hawera, Wesley Parker (G. F. Stockwell); Taihape, W. J. Morrison (L. R. M. Gilmore), Hawke’s Buy - Manawa tn.—Hastings, G. B. Hinton (C. H. Olds); Ashhurst-Bunnythorpe, 11, While (R. Richards). Wellington.—Wellington West, T. H Carr "(R. E. Gosnell); Wellington South, J. D. McArthur (Walter Parker); Wellington East, W. A. Burley (O. Burnet); R. E. Patchett (E. S. Hoddinott); J. Churchill (C.F.), H. E. Burley (on active service); Johnson-viile-Ngaio, W. Rowe (N. P. carsen); H. C. Dixon (W. L. Long); L. V Willing (W. R. Laws); Waiwhetu, W. L. Long (H. C. Dixon); Petone, A. O. Harris (H. J. Tozer). Nelson.—R. B. Tinsley (W. Rowe); J H. Woolford (L. Greenslade). Blenheim. —H. A. Sharp (J. D. McArthur); W. R. Laws (T. H. Carr). Westport:—H. G. Brown (E. H. Kendori). Greymouth.—E. S. Hoddmott (A. A. Bensley). Canterbury.—Durham Street, A. H. Ivory (Cashmere Hills); Cambridge Terrace, N. P. Larsen (F. B. Lawrence); Woolston, A. F. Collins (J. Silvester); Sydenham, A. A. Bensley (Wesley Parker); Riccarton, H. Whitfield (A. O. Harris): St. Albans, D. 0. Williams (W. A. Burley); Lyttelton, J. Silvester (W. J. Enticott); Ohoka, C. H. Kendon (H. Benny); Timaru. Woodland Street, O. Burnet (C. Blair); Temuka, H. Benny (H. G. Brown); Ashburton, R. B. Gosnell (A. Mcßean). Otago-Southland.—Dunedin Central Mission. R. F. Clement (J. H. Woolford); Dundas Street, A. K. Petch (A. E. Jefferson); Caversham. H. E. Harkness (R. E. Patchett); Mornington, C. Blair (D. O. Williams); Port Chalmers, W. J. Enticott (S. Bailey); Invercargill, St. Peter’s, A. E. Jefferson (G. B. Hin- J ton). Two candidates for the ministry of the Methodist Church were accepted by the conference. Mr. A. H. Ivory, i LL.B., 8.C0m., was received on probation, and Mr. W. Green is to enter the Methodist Theological College at Auckland.