The receipts of tho Melanesian Mission for the year amounted to £17,265, a shrinkage of £737 on the previous .year. England gave £305 less and Australia £6ll less, but New Zealand made up £lO6 of this loss. Tho expenditure for the year was £17,017,-or £439 more than in tho previous year So far no decision has been come to regarding Bishop Wilson’s successor. As illustrating tho dancror of ladies wearing big pins in their hats (says tho Wairarapa Daily Times) it, may bo mentioned that a local resident, in the crush at tho Caledonian sports, had his face severely cut. by a pin which was protruding from o, lady’s hat. Tho wound was over Sin in length.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3017, 10 January 1912, Page 14
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