MISSION'RY WORK
METHODIST UNION N.Z. CONFERENCE OPENED [ Per rrct-.R Association. | ASHBURTON, Oct. 14. Sixty delegates representing all parts of the Dominion are attending the New Zealand Methodist Women’s Missionary Union conference, which was opened this morning after a welcome social last evening, when the sister churches and organisations tendered their greetings. The president, Mrs W. H. Duke, of Dunedin, is presiding. The annual report stated that the year had been one of strain owing to a shortage of finance. The income was £2773, an increase of £l9O. Though the period was only 1.1 months, 50 affiliated auxiliaries had registered an increase of three with a membership of 2960, an increase oi 117. Reports of the work overseas and among the Maoris were encouraging. An invitation to hold the 1937 conference at Auckland was accepted, ' the executive nominated being: President, Miss E. Rushworth; secretary, Miss E. M. Pearce; treasurer, Miss E. Mather.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 244, 15 October 1936, Page 7
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151MISSION'RY WORK Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 244, 15 October 1936, Page 7
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