BIBLES IN HOTELS.
TOTAL OF 3000 PLACED.
WIDE AREA COVERED.
[BJ TELEGEAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUNEDIN, Tuesday. In continuation of his work of placing Bibles in the bedrooms of the leading hotels in New Zealand, for the use of the travelling public, the Rev. David Galder, Dominion secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, is visiting Dunedin.He has already completed his task in the area extending from Auckland to Timaru, and since his arrival in Dunedin last week he was received sufficient support to rant the placing of Bibles in the -leading hotels throughout Otago. To-morrow he will leave to continue his work in Southland.
X Mr. Calder estimates that up to the present he has distributed 3000 Bibles, and by Easter, or perhaps a littltf later, he considers -that 5000 will have been placed. The movement in New Zealand originated with the Dominion branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society.-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20405, 6 November 1929, Page 10
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152BIBLES IN HOTELS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20405, 6 November 1929, Page 10
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