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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 242, 12 October 1893, Page 5

The Bth anniversary gathering of the Helping Hand Mission will be celebrated nexb Sunday. The Choral Hall is chosen for the Sunday and Monday's gatherings. Services on the Sunday are ab 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. It ia expected that an immense concourse of people will be present on each occasion to show their sympathy with this benevolent movement. There is groat faith in bho Mission folk, for they have made provision ab the tea on Monday evening for 800 persons ; bhis will bo tea drinking in earnest. Tho singing on tho Sunday by the Mission choir and children will be a pleasing feature.

Some time ago when the Houao was in session, Mr J. M. Shera askod the Hon. Mr ReevOs if he would pub a sum on the Supplementary Estimates fo? school buildings in tho Auckland district. The reasons why this was nob done, has jusb been forwarded to Mr Shera. "lb is quite out of the question to think of putting any sum on the Supplementary Estimates for school buildings. The grant to Auckland for school buildings this year is £8.000. This is considerably above tho avernge of the grants for five years pasb, which have boen as follows : £4.578 lis, £4,56S lis, £6,100, £5,485 and £n,550,"