Anglican Heads Confer
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Four Bishops
At Dogura
Anglican Heads Confer On SW Pacific Missi
AN important conferences leaders of the Church England in the South Pacific Islands is taking plat. mid-May at Dogura, the I quarters of the Church of Enji in NE Papua. The Right L. S. Kempthorne, Bishop Polynesia, attended by one I layman, arrived in Sydney Suva on May 9. and wem immediately to Fort Moresby..
It was expected that Conference in Dogura woull attended by: The Bishop in Polynesia (Right Rev. .
Kempthorne), representing Fiji, Tone Samoa. It was anticipated that tW C. W. Whonsbon-Aston, Chaplain of ’
Samoa, also would attend.
The Bishop of Melanesia (Right Rev. .
Hill), representing the Solomons and tt Hebrides.
The Bishop of New Guinea (Right Rev\ W. Strong) and the Assistant Bishopj Rev. G. D. Hand), representing Papq New Guinea.
The Lord Bishop of Carpentaria (Rigi John Hudson), representing the Torres Islands.
The work of these Pacific II Divisions is controlled general the. Church of England in Ause New Zealand and England,, much of the funds requir: provided through the AustJ Board of Missions, Sydney.
The Conference at Dogura result of years of discussion correspondence, in which I Kempthorne has taken a pron part. While the general prin covering, the work of the Pacific Missions are substau the same, there are considc differences in practice, mostly are of a minor cha;j but they can prove barrassing at times.
The Conference will seek ti out differences, co-ordinate, activities of the Church ii various Divisions, and examiii whole field of Mission wo:< relation to recent developmenr
present needs.
The convenors of the Confi had planned the inclusion of sentatives of Hawaii, when Protestant Episcopal Chure America is in correspondence the Church of England; br< head of the Episcopal Chu:i Hawaii was unable to come./ II Mr. J. S. Sparkes, ma* director of Lever’s Pacific Plane Pty. Ltd., BSIP, was r>: awarded the Gold Medal ■ Royal Order of the Lion by tlf. gium Government for his wok a number of years in the E Congo.