For Ministry
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Papuans To Be Trained For Ministry
r THE first two Papuans to be accepted for the Christian ministry were admitted as candidates for training at the Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in Sydney in February. They are two native catechists, Inosi Ugwaluba and Kelebi Toginitu.
Matters of interest concerning the Pacific Islands fields of the Methodist Mission were present to the Conference by Rev. J. W. Burton (General Secre tary). He pointed out that during 1936 the accumulated deficit of £17,053 was reduced by £5,352, and is now the lowest for very many years.
Requests to the Conference from un married missionaries for permission to marry were granted to Revs. D. F. Boor man (Fiji), A. S. Jones, T. N. Simpson, and H. J. Pearson (New Britain).
The Conference agreed to the follow ing transfers:— Rev. F. L. Nunn, Lautoka, Fiji, to Victoria.
Rev. L. A. McArthur, 8.A., Vunairima, New Britain, to Western Australia.
Rev. A. H. Wood, Nukualofa, Tonga, to New South Wales.
Rev. H. Chambers, Davuilevu, Fiji, to Victoria.
Rev. C. M. Churchward, M.A., Rotuma, Fiji, to New South Wales.
Rev. Maurice G. Wilmshurst, M.A., South Australia, to Ba, Fiji.
Rev. G. J. Flatten, Western Australia, to Vunairima, New Britain.
Rev. Stanley G. Cowled, New South Wales (formerly of Papua), to Fiji.
Rev. Ronald S. Walker, New South Wales (formerly of Papua), to Fiji.
Mr. W. Fowler, District Officer in the Solomon Islands, has been transferred to Nigeria, West Africa.