ST. MARK'S CHURCH.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 92, 19 April 1902, Page 6

ST. MARK'S CHURCH.

was held last ev®*J lu% catty presided, Hal. "The Rev. W. J^tty^ TUe at B«vices m St. Majk^ lih were dZ' to Mr J. L. Wilson, for the oan of Ws Mission Hall, to Messrs. R. O §nF«S?sS -ss. swrffi the time was not far distant when the growth O r the population in Epsom would make it desirable to provide for services being held a-onut midway t>etw7en St. Mark's and St. Andrew's. The cnolr, under the leadership of Mr H Connell, with Madame Wigmore aa organist, continued to give valuable asSee in the services, though during the year it had lost three steady and useful members, Miss Tufnell, and Mr and Mrs Selwyn Hamlin, owing to removal from the parish. The Guild had a very successful sale of work in October and out of the proceeds provided funds for the painting- of the Vicarage, the payment of interest, and the instalments due on the piano and the incandescent lighting of the church. The report also referred to the appointment oC the Rev. C. A. Tlsdall as curate of the parish, and to the urgent need for adaitional teachers at the main Sunday school in the Parish Hall. Reference was also made to the deaths of Mrs Eliza Murdoch, an old parishioner, Mr Graham Bruce, late Principal of King's College, and Mr J. B. Bull. The balance sheet showed that the total receipts for general purposes had been £7SG 7/4, and the expenditure, including £20 12/11 overdraft at Bank of New South Wales, on April Ist, 1901, has been £836 12A, leaving a debit balance of £00 5/3. There had been a falling off in the general collections of £21 18/11, and a gratifying increase in the special collections, which had this year amounted to £80 10/9.

T.he election of officers resulted as follows:—Minister's Warden, Mr J. H. M. Carpenter; Parishioners' Warden Mr Frank Senderson; Vestry, Messrs C. Ranson, S. Hesketh, R. K. Baber, R Bodle, Alex. Rose. W. Cochrane, G, O'Halloran, jun., S. Lv Abbott, R." Lusher and S. Prouse; Auditors, Messr.^ A. B. Roberton and H. Kinder. Mr Ranson was granted leave of absence for six months.