£40,000 Lost
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Methodist Mission Damage in Solomons
DAMAGE done to Methodist Mission property in the Solomons now amounts to about £4O 000, said the Rev. J. F. Goldie, of the Methodist Mis sionary Society of New Zealand, who recently addressed members of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Goldie founded the mission in the Solomons, and has had 40 years’ experi ence in that area. His own station at Munda, New Georgia, is said to be occu pied by about 25.000 Japanese troops, and is being constantly blasted bv American bombers. Property in the British Solo mons is not covered bv war damage insurance, and Mr. Goldie is of the opinion that the Methodist Church of New Zealand probably will have to find £25,000 to re-establish the mission.
One of the members of the Chamber suggested that the re-establishment of the mission should be made a national matter and not left to purely private interests.