The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-05-22

paration as the teachers in the public
schools.
/ LAST EVENINGS SESSION.
Ar the convocation held last night in
1.-THE St Andrews cathedral Sunday
school rooms. thirty-two delegates re-
sponded 20 the roll, of whom eighteen
were lay delegates Those present
We're Bishop Restarick. Rev. Canon
Macintosh, Rev. Canon Ault, Rev.
John Osborne Rev. Frank Fitz. Rev.
W. H. Fenton-Smith, Rev. S. H. Davis.
Rev. Kong Yin Tet, Rev. Albert L.
Hall, Rev. Canon A. B. Weymouth.
Rev. Woo zee Rev. Rev. w E. Pot
wine, Rev. D Douglas Wallace. Rev.
! Cecil Tompkins, H. II. Won Holt, T. c.
Davis, Henry E. Highton, l. G. Black
man, J. H. Boyd, Gen. Z. Davis, E. G.
Keen, VIM. Thompson, H NICK. Har-
rison, zap See Young, Chang Kim.
Robert H Potwine, Daniel G. Ching
Ng, W. a. Greenwell, Thos. Sharp,
Henry Smith, Judge ". L. Stanley and
Ed Stiles. Rev Carlos S. Lindsey. not
being economically resident, was invited
to seat on the floor.
For the coming year Rev. w. E. Pot
wine was unanimously reelected secre-
tary, and named VIM. Thompson as his
assistant. The following standing
committees were then named by the
Bishop:
Committee on the State of the
Church-Rev. Canon Macintosh, Rev. |
w. H. Fenton-Smith, General Davis /
and T. Give Davies
Committee, on Finance-Rev. w H. |
Fenton-Smith, H. Mex. Harrison and |
H. M Won Holt
Committee on Elections-Rev. Frank
Fitz and r. H Potwin-
Committee on Unfinished Business
Rev. L. A. Hall and j. NJ. Boyd
Committee on Legislation and Privi-
lege-Rev. John osborne, Rev. D. D.
Wallace, Judge II. E. Highton and
Chancellor w. L. Stanley.
Committee on the See House-Rev.
John osborne, L. Tenney Peck and H.
NJ. Won Holt.
The Committee on Legislation report
ed that there had been found no occa-
sion for any amendments to be made
in the constitution and canons and that
there was nothing TO report. The
treasurer presented the accounts of the
various branches of the convocation.
which We're referred to the Finance
Committee.
see House was accepted, after which
the Bishop took the convocation into
MS confidence in the matter of the
purchase of the Robinson property, for
vhich $4,000 had been paid. 1t had been
deemed necessary to have the land now
occupied by the See House for any fur
her extension of the Priory, and as the ;
money for this extension, $4,000, had ]
Jeen asked for and the receipt of il | .
= pected, the land would be thus re-
iured
An interesting report of the work he
$ accomplishing at Koolau was given {
y Rev. SHIN Yin Chin, interpreted by t
Rev Kong Yin Tet. The Chinese 8
here had been attracted to the club
ooms- established by him to hear the {
ews during the Japanese-Russian war
nd later to hear the news of the world S
from the papers In i'm |
arting this information he had also L
religious instruction and now C
he Chinese had many Of them accept Q
Christianity. At the present time
here were twenty-four ready for bap- j
ism.
He was holding school in a building
cx14 feet in size with an attendance of p
and he feared the Board
Health would smut up the SCHOOL IL
aev ever visited it. He brought the Il
feetings of the Koolau Chinese to the c.
invocation and hoped to be able to a
AXE back some cheering news. b
This news was supplied in the reply G
{ the Bishop, who said that there was III
900 available to build a school there
5 soon as the land could be obtained. tt
Before adjournment the Bishop in
IL, dale rex IN
l Wednesday morning on visit of
spection to the various institutions IN
,nducted by the church in Honolulu Je
The program OF the convocation for
day is: II a. m.-Celebration of the to
oily Communion. Preacher, Rev. D. W
Wallace. Luncheon at st. Clements A
irish House and business meeting to be
nvene at 1870 p. u W
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