Melanesian Mission.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume III, Issue 2, 1 September 1912, Page 32

Melanesian Mi ssion.

This -Mission has received a legacy of from the late Sis-t ter Elizabeth of Clewer (Elizabeth Moreton)>, who was (according to the "Southern Cross Log ") the younger daughter of the Rev. William Moreton, of West Firle, Sus-. sex,, and the last of her name and race, which had held the. Manor of kittle .. Moreton since the time of King John. Owing to family ties, she had taken the warmest interest from 1841 onwards m the Mission m New Zealand, and afterwards m Melanesia, and long ago, at the time of Bishop Patterson's death,; she made a large donation to theMission, to which she has yearly been a bountiful subscriber. She was one of quite the earliest sisters of the Clewer Society, and for years was Mistress of Novices. Of late, owing to her age (for she was over 90 when the call came), she had lived and still worked at Torquay ; and she maintained the liveliest interest m people, books, and Church work, and talked with almost unfailing memory and power. Many of all classes valued her friendship, and her generosity to those m need was unfailing m its shrewd kindliness. It. was a joy to her to know that she was able to go on helping Melanesia when her life's work had closed m peace. An anonymous gift of £500 has also been received .by the Society during the past month.