Group Title : Mission Council Minutes

Series Title : Canton Villages & South China Mission Council Minutes

Date(s) : 1936 to 1948

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Item Description : This file contains unbound copies of Canton Villages Missions (to 1938) and South China Mission (from 1939) council minutes including minutes of quarterly and annual meetings as well as financial statements.

NB - there are no minutes between Nov 1941 and Nov 1945 due to interment of the New Zealand Missionaries.

Main Topics Include : property and staffing matters; resignation of Miss MJ McNeur and minute of appreciation (1936); furlough arrangements; extension to Kaai Hau Hospital (1937); war crisis (1937); closure of Tak Kei School (1937); proposed nurses' home and forwarding of plans to architect, Mr AG Wilson (1938); appointment of Miss FG Ogilvie as Acting Principal of the Shung Kei Training School for Women Workers of the Church (1938); resignation of Dr K. Pih due to marriage and minute of appreciation (1938); hospital damage due to Japanese bombs (1938); re-opening of Tak Kei Girls' Boarding School in Macao (1938); recommendations of "The Canton Safety Zone" Committee dealing with medical and refugee issues due to advance of Japanese Army towards Canton (1938); temporary withdrawal from Kaai Hau Hospital due to Japanese bombing (1938); preparations for refugee camp at Kong Chuen Hospital (1938); Japanese Army occupation of Union Normal School at Sai Chuen (1939); memorial minute to Dr OL Eaton (1939); employment of Dr G. Graetzer as hospital doctor (1939); minute of appreciation to Rev GH and Mrs M McNeur (1940); co-operative projects with the Church of Christ in China and the Kwantung Synod (1940); discussion on status of married  women in the mission (1941); poor relief (1941); memorial minute to PCNZ General Treasurer Mr VG Chapman (1941); minute of appreciation to Miss SK Wong of Tak Kei School on 20 years service (1941); repairs to property and replacement of equipment (1945); minute of appreciation to Rev. H and Mrs MT Davies (1945); proposed Tak Kei Middle School Building (1947); appointment of Dr KY Tsang; application to International Red Cross for C.O.R.S.O. Doctor (1947); offer to undertake making of cine film of mission work by Mr L. Crozier (1947); appointment of CORSO Doctor, Dr John K Brown (1947); appointment of Miss M. Findley as Kwantung Synod Secretary/Treasurer (1947); Kaai Hospital Re-Building Proposals (1948); consideration of nurses' home at Kong Chuen and availability of finance (1948); illness and death of C.O.R.S.O. Dr John K Brown (1948); headstone for Dr Eaton's grave (1948); visit of Miss Annie Hancock (1948); minute of appreciation to Rev. DN MacDiarmid, retiring Director of Missions (1948).
 

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