Group Title : Mission Convenor's Papers

Series Title : Inwards Correspondence (Rev W Hewitson)

Date(s) : 1 Jan 1909 to 31 Dec 1910

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Item Description : This file contains copies of inwards correspondence received by the Foreign Missions convenor (Rev. W. Hewitson).

Main Topics Include : correspondence from Mission Committee Secretaries in Victoria, Presbyterian Church of England (London), United Free Church of Scotland Women's Foreign Mission (Edinburgh), Presbyterian Church in the USA (New York), South Australia; general staffing matters; deputation work; sponsorships; correspondence from the General Treasurer; correspondence re "World Missionary Conference", Edinburgh including from the "Continuation Committee" (1910); liason with PWMU; liason with "Young Men's Bible Class Union"; enquiries for mission service; sale of arrowroot; reference to Manunui Maori Boys Farm (May 1909); reply to inquiry re unoccupied Chinese Mission Fields (1909); recommendations for new mission areas in China (1909); liasons with Presbytery Clerks; proposal for a "Young Peoples' Missionary Meeting" by the Dunedin Presbyterian Sabbath School Association (1909); missionary appointments and testimonials; expression of interest from "Laymans Missionary Association" (1909); missionary resignations; gifts; invoice for goods purchased in London by Dr. JT Bowie for Ambrim Hospital; transfer of Dr JT Bowie to Victorian Mission (1909); possible closure of Ambrim Hospital and building a centrally located hospital (1909); China Mission Year Book (1909); missionary conference at Waimarino Plains, 1911 (1910); correspondence from Presbytery Clerks; charges by M. Bourdois of Vila against missionaries (1910).
 

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