DUNEDIN CITY MISSION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 12

DUNEDIN CITY MISSION.

■ I The monthly meeting of the committee i of the Dtmedin City Mission, held on th« - i Ist., ,was attended ijy Messrs G. M. Thoroi. isoa, M.P. (in. fche ehadr), Georg<> f Stead, P. ' , '- I*. .Cl^rk, B. ftosevear {hern. trfcosirrerX Jos. , BTOitimroifve, Mimes H. Wilkinson, Join ' Biair, and D. Wright. ' ' The Hon. Trehewrw reported in 1 the'Wsnal cheerful manner as to cpedfrt' baWiiite '<aa4tl- ' ' the-ioMowing- donations: — Sympathised (GSife-'--'-tenth), £2; a lady belpea-, 10$'; another. tody • • ,'£riend, £2; meanber of. .oammittee, £2. 25; «, fri&nd, se; friends af the niiaaan.isaxfch ;•< L odMfrritoation), £3 , 12b 0 44 i AWany ffStart*:^ Sanday »ervioe r Us 4id. ,- .(.••? '^i ■••f,-«i.< t c : • The usual pajpnenta ,FWO AUthori^d. „r >!/ Tiic next roeetangvVfiJl; be ,h^{^ in, Feb* ruary, 1909.. , , - , ,IL', IL ' d '-,',, •-„,., tq ■ In- itoe. ip«ster of .T«suq»ng ,ssaapes,i», i» t^e 1 State schools the committee g§,V©M-r Wright, ' a V perfectly free hand to do, j^ha^, .sejenais beet:-. ' ",.[ > ' ■'.' uj '■,-"•' With eLnoere gifciittid* t& jG^d" /brHk 1 blea^ng, seconded "by k' Wrjn'-lieairj&id com- ! mittee, the iniftidnaxy noted t(hi&''for the I thirteenth jrastr 'the' JBiWe'-r-e&dmg cesses were closed * few dHyk agfo at 'Ndrth-£a^t j Valley, KaHooCTci, Albany 4 'Sftreet, High. j Street, tmd Arthur Stsee*- Reboot, About ] 1000 children "were present "-anti many 1 .parents, alpo teaohero arid, oomnnitteteten representing- the adhools. 'Kiwi ifcingß weee ' said of tJ» City Mission jumi ate ajyent, and oardwJ tihanke seconded- - It was eiso noted that for 13 yeere Mr Wright had under kw charge About 100Q boye and girls, and over 1200 were en-rolled. As soon as the classes ate closed each, year, the missionary ia ablo to vkit more of the old and eiok in and around the city. lie has also visited the ( publiio institutions. In connection with tho j temporary trouble which comes to some . homes, and spe-cnaJ oases as well, Mr WrigJitf ' had spent £27 in procuring the neoeseariei of life, etc. He has ate© assisted with weak-day and Sunday services At Woodside Hall and Sunday school, TEew S.S. anoiivereary, North-Eaet Valley Metlhodflßfi Otouroh, Glenaven, ad Cftverahem Church and Sunday School. The Albany Street Sunday .service oonfcimies to prosper, and assistance has been given by experienced men an^ women. The fipal eervipe for this year wiill be held on Sunday, 20th met., ac after that dftte the school wilj be closed for some weeks. Literature and books of a sujjarble character ere, at a cost of £20, put in circulation .each year.

General Hertzpg, one of t£>^ t» the South African Confersnoe It Pjirban, is the Pooh-Bah of South Afridan politics. fie was one of tne " bitterenders " during the late war, fighting to the la^t, an^l has now become Attorncygeneral, Minister of Education, and Acting Commissioner of Police i£ the Oraoigf