METHODIST CHURCH CONFER ENCE

Otago Witness, Issue 3495, 1 March 1921, Page 52

METHODIST CHURCH CONFER ENCE

WELLINGTON, February 21. Ihe annual Methodist Church Conference was continued at Wellington this evening, the Rev. W. Grigg being inducted as president. In the course of the inaugural address, he congratulated the conference on the position of the Methodist Church, almost at the close of the first century of its history in New Zealand. The next eleven months would be but a span between the two centuries, and with the most intense interest they were looking forward to their centenary conference next year. Their Church, like all other institutions, was suffering from the after-effects of the war, but they must not let that make them down-hearted. They must fight on wtih a high endeavour for rhe great cause of Christianity. The League of Nations was now operating in reality, and marked a great step in the advance and application of Christian principles required for a solution of the problem of social and economic unrest. The Rev. C. H. Laws, principal of the Theological Institute, Auckland, was chosen as president for 1922. Mr W. Dobbs, Christchurch, was appointed vice-president of the qonferenco, which is the highest position for which a layman is eligible. The Rev. A 1 Ashcroft was re-elected secretary.

A tramway rising 450 ft in 17 chains is one of the features of Messrs Faulkner Bros.' recently established mill at Wyndham that impressed Mr T. O’Byrne the other day. Mr O’Byrne, with a wide experience of sawmilling in New Zealand and Australia, states that he has never seen a