New Fijian Methodist
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Church For Suva
From Our Own Correspondent
SUVA, July 31.
WITH £9,000 in hand, the Methodist Mission has launched an appeal to raise funds for the new Fijian Methodist Church to replace the Jubilee Church at Suva. The estimated cost of the new building is £27,000.
Lady Freeston, wife of the Governor of Fiji, when launching the appeal with a broadcast address, pointed out that the Jubilee Church, built in 1887 and enlarged in 1908, seats only 730, which is totally inadequate for what is acknow ledged to be the Fijian Mother Church.
The Methodist Mission first came to Fiji more than a centry ago, and to day only a small minority of the Fijian population is non-Methodist.
The appeal is being organised by a committee headed by the Mayor of Suva (Mr. Alport Barker) and the non-sec tarian angle is being underlined. The committee’s first statement said that Fijian generosity had become an ac cepted tradition whenever any sort of public appeal came along, and this was a chance for non-Fijians to show their gratitude.