FRETTED BECAUSE HE COULD NOT GET CROWDS TO CHURCH

Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6699, 28 August 1928, Page 7

FRETTED BECAUSE HE COULD NOT GET CROWDS TO CHURCH

Rer. Hutchinson Ate Heart Out, Rector Says HOPELESS STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Monday, 7.5 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 26. The rector of the neighbouring parish preaching at Doddinghurst owing to tho departure of the Rev Franklin Hutchinson referred to the latter as having eaten his heart out because he could not get people to church in crowds. The Rev. Hutchinson had been en-.. gaged in a struggle to make ends meet because of the obsolete system of compelling country clergy to live in expensive mansions. Act of Bankruptcy, An earlier cable from London stated; Money-lenders in Manchester tried to serve Mr Hutchinson on 24th August 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 be filed. Nothing Secret About It. , A message from Calgary (Canada) is to the effect: , That there was nothing secret about his visit to Canada, that his secretary and man knew where he was, that the Bishop knew ho was on holiday,' are statements made at Brooks, Alberta,, by the Rev. Franklin Hutchinson, reported mysteriously to have'disappear*, ed.from England. ; ", He had h. hesitation in explaining his mission and movements. When it was brought to his attention that he was reported to have loft his parish secretly', he told Major Fred Cross, As-sistant-Superintendent of the C.P.-R. Demonstration Farm, that ho had come to Canada to study conditions firsthand; ", . ‘ U■ ■ 1 ' ' He was making observations particularly in regard to opportunities for young men on Canadian, farihs. He intimated that he intended .tp .work Jon the land, am in the harvest fields to gain experience. ■ ■ . . .. Regarding the actual situation he proposed to remain in the Brooks district probably a month. Later he hopes to study the methods employed.in the various colleges as he is interested in educational matters. ' i * To the Y.M.C.A. officials in Winnipeg he stated his intention of permanently residing in Canada and hinted that he would, take an. Anglican rectory if such were available.