Group Title : Mission Convenor's & Mission Secretary's Papers

Series Title : Inwards Correspondence - Canton Villages Mission (Rev W Hewitson & Rev A Don)

Date(s) : 1915 to 1917

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Item Description : This file contains copies of letters received by the Foreign Missions Convenor, Rev. W. Hewitson, and the Foreign Missions Secretary, Rev. A. Don, concerning the Canton Villages Mission.

Main Topics Include : Property matters; personnel matters; staffing; Canton Medical Education Proposals (1915); Canton Union Theological College Proposals (1915); letters organising an evangelistic campaign in Kwantung Province (1915);  Chinese Testimonial in support of Ko T'ong Hospital written by Lau Kwai plus English Translation (1915); letter to Young Men's Bible Class Union Members from Rev. H. Davies at Yan Woh (Apr 1915 and Nov 1917); Union Normal School Proposals (1915); request by Dr. E. Kirk for leave to serve in military (1915); Chinese Letter to Moderator of Presbyterian Church of New Zealand from P'oon Fa Naam Church and English Translation (1915); convenor's visit to China (1916); Newspaper article on rise in price of silver (1917); opening of Morrison Memorial Young Men's Christian Association Buildings in Canton (1917); exchange rate losses on remittances to China (1917); financial and property reports from Canton Villages Mission Buildings Supervisor (1917); constitution of the college to be built at Sha Luet (c. 1915?)
 

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