METHODIST CONFERENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21117, 26 February 1932, Page 10

METHODIST CONFERENCE.

THE NEED FOR ECONOMY. * SOLOMON ISLANDS GRANT. [by telegraph.—press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday.

Recommendations of the contingent fund committee that economies should be exercised in administration and travelling were adopted by the Methodist Conference today. The economies will save approximately £6OO a year and will reduce the levies on circuits from to 6 per cent.

A letter was received from Bishop WestWatson and the dean and chapter of Christchurch conveying to the conference the cordial greetings of the Anglican Church in the dioceso and good wishes for the success of the Methodist Church in its work in New Zealand.

The president said this courteous gesture of goodwill was greatly appreciated. Following the presentation of the report on missionary work in the Solomon Group it was decided: "That owing to the serious financial position of the missionary society, the conference regrets that it is not possible to increase the allocation for 1932 beyond £11,500 and requires that expenditure) for tho year be kept within that amount." A suggestion that the size of the conference should be reduced iri future years with tho object of expediting business and reducing expense was discussed at length. The proposal was that the representation should be on a district basis, rather than on a circuit basis. The motion was rejected.