MARSDEN CENTENARY.
WELLINGTON, August 21. A well-attended meeting was held in the Town Hall last night to consider a fitting celebration of the centenary in 1914 of the; landing of Bishop Marsden and the first mission of the Church of England to New Zealand. Bishop Sprott presided. There were also present the Primate (Bishop Nevill) and Bishops Averill and Julius. Bishop Julius announced that it had been decided to hold a celebration at the Bay of Islands, also a missionary pageant in Wellington. A memorial fund will be raised. The promoters are pledged to give £SOO to the Bible-in-schools’ fund, the remainder to be devoted to erecting a memorial church where Bishop Marsden landed, or where there is a permanent population.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3102, 27 August 1913, Page 4
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121MARSDEN CENTENARY. Otago Witness, Issue 3102, 27 August 1913, Page 4
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