BAPTIST UNION.
ANNUAL CONFERENCE. (Per United Press A ssociation.; WELLINGTON, October 17. The annual conference of the Baptist Union of New Zealand was continued today. The greater part of the morning was occupied with a discussion of the report of the Home Missions Board. The report stated that the board recognised the embarrassment of having several funds operating, but believed that a special homo mission forward movement fund was most urgent and necessary. The board was asked to bring down definite- proposals. At to-day’s session the fciustentation report was given by the general secretary (the Rev. D. Colder), and the Press and Literature Committee report by the Rev. J. Laird. The latter’s proposals were remitted to the incoming executive. The following committee was appointed to go into the matter of fire insurance of the churches: Messrs Andrews, Dearsby, Grave, Butt ley, Lambourne, the Rev. L. U, Dusficld. It was agreed that the matter of redrafting the rules of the .\nnuity Fund be left to the committee. Resolutions adverse to artificial hare coursing and the Gaming Amendment Bill were passed. The Board of Advice was constituted as follows The president, the secretary, and Air J. R- Carey.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19271018.2.17
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 20232, 18 October 1927, Page 6
Word Count
196BAPTIST UNION. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20232, 18 October 1927, Page 6
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in