ZION CITY'S TROUBLES.
DISCOVERIES BY VOLIVA. j United Press. Association—Per Electric Telegraph- ; -Copyrijtht, '">-. ' MELROURNE,v June 26; ' Elder McCullough has received a letter from Overseer'Voliva, who,succeeded Dowie as the iead of Zion City Church, in "which he says:—"The following are some of the , things I discovered during the first two or three weeks of my administration—That Zion's total liabilities were six million dollars ; that the interest- bill amounts to 1271 dollars a day; that there are three hundred thousand dollars in interest and dividends unpaid; that there are outstanding notes agaihist Dowie to the extent of three hundred thousand dollars; that he has overdrawn his personal "account to the amount of 540,000 dollars; that the Institutional .Bank account has been overdrawn "by 114,000 dollars; that" notwithstanding: that the income of the church was a thousand dollars a day, he has overdrawn the church" account with, the bank to the extent of 200,000 dollars. Mrs. Dowie paid 9000 dollars for one bracelet! Their annual household expenses were •50,000 dollars. They have squandering .the people's money during the past three yeans. Dowie has been indiscreet in his associations with women, and apparently preparing his way for polygamy." *
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13012, 27 June 1906, Page 5
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194ZION CITY'S TROUBLES. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13012, 27 June 1906, Page 5
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