Messages from the Missions

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Messages from the Missions

By a letter received from Theodore Ellertson, dated January 30,

former

on the steamship "Seydlitz," we learn that five elders, with

President O. D. Romney of the New Zealand Mission, left New

Zea-

land January 12, per steamship "Maheno," via Australia and Jiiuopc.

the

They stopned at Sydney, Australia, the most fashionable city ot with

Australian commonwealth, where they attended Sunday

service

the Saints, spending four days there in which they

observed the im-

city in size

portant sights. They also stopped at Melbourne, the next

to Sydney; but more beautiful. Here Elder Taylor, of the Australian

gardens the most

Mission, met them, and they visited the botanical

Australia.

—5—^ ^— — beautiful

1 They had a

in

nortrait

taken while in the gar-

dens, showing elders,

left to right, O. D.

Romney, E. A.

Jr.,

Ricks, J. L. Ellertson,

President O. D. Rom-

ney, Melbourne Rom-

ney, and L. F. Harris.

They held a good meet-

ing in the evening and

next morning held a

Priesthood meeting.

Two more days and

they reached Adelaide,

and here they met also

with the elders and

Saints where thev had

an outing at the Na-

tional Domain. They

met in the evening at

the L. D. S. meeting-

four days later they

house where a pleasant program was given: and

where they pent only

cache IFremaiitle. the last port in Australia,

a few hours and they then proceeded

on their way around over the

forever. President Romney

"rea7 walers. leaving Australia behind

reached bait Lake about the middle of

Aonl.

England: "The elders in

Elder William H. Griffiths, Manchester,

energetic in their efforts, and the majority o the

this conference are

At the Princess Theatre The Girl trom

nennle treat us fairly well.

excellent company, but is very poorly ap-

Utah' is being Played by an

Elders, left to right, top row. F. H

East-

by the

preciaieu uy

oreciated public.

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O Murray; C. fc..

Benmon.

B Penterfield-

fc M;

J.

S. T. Fotheringham.

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S2&d^econdrow: L. P. M.»gh.n

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,Wellsv,He A. J

Milfo utun, "c

L. ttaun,

TT+-.1,. r M Parker Mt View, Canada Jr.

Hunt, Plain

ffi.% ClaVk Jr Provo; J H. Vickers, Nephi: G. A.

Woods

C t ; Utah A G Eams, Preston. Idaho: sitting: H. Pardee,

clerk. Smith-

Cross D J Shaw Logan: W. H. Griffiths, conference

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field; Hyrum M. Smith, mission president; C. A. White, conference

president, Coalville: J. E. Davis, Salt Lake City; President Hyrum M.

Smith's son, J. F. Smith, Salt Lake City, Utah.

ilder Paul R. Thom-

assen, Huntington,

West Virginia: "The

elders in this picture

were taken a short time

before the death of Ben

E. Rich, in New York,

all the brethren being

from the Davis stake

of Zion, Utah. Elders,

leftto right: Arnold

M. Barnes, Paul R.

Thomassen, Clifford D.

Strong, Kaysville, Utah

Ben E. Rich, Center-

ville, Utah, at the back.

Elder L. E. Olpin,

Nuhaha, New Zealand,

January 26: "The first

Primary association was

organized in the New

Zealand Mission at Nuhaha, December 28, 19i3, this being the largest

branch in the New Zealand Mission. At our district conference, held

at this place, and attended by former President O. D. Romney, his

successor, William Gardner, Sister Mecham, and others, this associa-

tion was organized, and has since held meetings each week. It con-

sists of some of our learned Maori sisters, who take great interest in

teaching the children the principles of the gospel in the English Ian-

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guage. Top row, left to right: Erena Whai, secretary; Ema Mataera,

chorister; Apikara Waaka, second counselor; bottom row: Raihu

Mete, organist: Sister B. C. Mecham, mission mother; Erehapati Mete,

president: Rangi Runga, first counselor.

Elders David H. Cannon and E. C. Samuels, Birmingham, Eng-

land,February 18: "Birmingham, which bids fair for the second city

in size in the United Kingdom,

is called the workshop of the

world. It is said that its fac-

tories manufacture everything

but ships. However, some peo-

ple do not exclude these, as they

say the parts that go to make

up the boats are fashioned here.

This city has been worked by

the Church missionaries for a

long time, and we have three

thriving branches in it. In

Handsworth Branch we have a

fine chapel of our own, and are

pleased to say that investigators

visit our meetings in goodly

numbers. When our chapel was

first erected the persecution in

and the

this city was very rabid,

knowledge of our new venture

was noised throughout the r1 es. i.

After thirteen months of labor

under such conditions the Lat-

ter-day Saints have made many

staunch friends who were once

prone to attach to the name

'Mormon' any crime or lawlessness that man could be guihy of A

bounteous harvest is asured for us in the future. Elders, sitting E C.

Samuels Vernal; David H. Cannon, standing, Salt Lake City, Utah.