CLERGYMAN’S DEPARTURE

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 27 August 1928, Page 9

CLERGYMAN’S DEPARTURE

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SAYS WAS NOT SECRET. MONEY LENDERS INTERESTED. ATTEMPT TO SERVE WRIT. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.! (Australian Press Association.) Received 10 a.m., to-day. VANCOUVER, August 26. That there was nothing secret about his. visit to Canada, that his secretary and man knew where he was, and that his Bishop knew he was on holiday, were statements made at Brooks, Alberta, by the Rev. Franklin Hutchinson who was reported mysteriously to have disappeared in England. He had no hesitation in explaining his mission and movements when it was brought to his attention that he was reported to have left his parish lyHe: told Major Ered Cress, Assistant Superintendent of the O.P.R. Demonstration Farm, that he had come to Canada, to study conditions first v hand. He said he was making observaM tions particularly in regal'd; to opportunities for young men on Canadian farms and intimated he intended to work on the land and harvest fields to gain experience regarding the actual situation. He proposed to remain in the Brooks district, probably for a month, and later hoped to study methods employed at various colleges as he was interested in educational matters. To Y.M.C.A. officials in Winipeg he stated his intention permanently of residing in Canada, and hinted he would take 1 an Anglican rectory if one' was available. Received 11 a.m., to-day. LONDON, August 26. Moneylenders in Manchester have tried to serve the Rev. Hutchinson with a writ for £SOO, allegedly obtained as an unsecured loan. Hutchinson’s departure from England without leaving an address constitutes an act of bankruptcy, on which a petition could he filed.