AUCKLAND METHODIST MISSION.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 250, 19 October 1908, Page 7

AUCKLAND METHODIST MISSION.

; EiSr STBEET ■AYDifG jffiMOBIAL STONES. •We was an attendance of about MO it the ceremony of laving the foanstones of the new Mission Hall iEest-streefc. near Karangahape-road, •"I afternoon. The Rev. G. and presided, and the proceedings beZL -srith a irnnn, foUowed by a prayer. r *tiie chairman, vi the course oi his .Mpas said that the new hall would 'fcSme'the centre of the mission's ope- ■ etieras Hitherto the mission, which sii years old. had been practically He paid a high tribute to fie Eev James Wilson, who had been jye&tigaDle in his eSorts to pro-ride a ■iome for the mission. Jβ SchofieM. treasurer to the mission, I -igjj outlined the scheme from the iniintion of the movement. He said that ft. total cost of the site, building, and tenishmgs s about £5 2 00 - rhc ioommodation would be for one thouspersons, with several ante-rooms. -.*Se mission appointed Messrs. A. C. jjOTpn and H- E. Pacey as treas-orers of Ue bmlolng fund, and these gentlemen s*l the position untQ the trustees for " fle new building -were appointeVi. when gjer relinquished their duties to the -■ insurers of the trust, Mr A. J. Walker »nd ifce speaker. The amount of money jigetl up to the present is as follows:— . 'TSv- donation and collecting cards, £1007 ■ Ifi/B; by donations and collecting cards (atthided in this amount is nearly £20 isaed hy the women's meeting with sojjfej sale of the Union-street propertr (F. Bay 31.). £393 5/-; by interest. I 5/-; by sale of cottages in East- i £30;" total. £1465 3/8. In addi- I fion, they had promises which were con- I good to the amount of £251 ' ISA, making a total of £1716 16/ S. Biey still required about one thousand , , ■ aonnHs between now and the opening of the hall, early in January. In addition '•ie'tiie amount of money tfiat has been " wsei for the building fund, the Xew■fem has raised, since its com- I Jnmcement. a little over five years ago. \fiar the ordinary work of the mission. :'fc aim - of £3300, or an average of i £660 per year. This amount did not indnde tile amount -raised by the Free- , Baa's Bay Mission, nor for the benevo_i laii funds, nor the amount raised by ijie Sunday School. The circuit debt —iras comparatively small, and the bal-«re-sheet of the last quarter showed a iSaction of nearly ten pounds. The Bey. James Wilson said that the - urisaon dated back some 23 years. It . Tta3 started by the Helping Hand MisV Bon, to which was added about five years jgo tfie City Miseion. To-day they h.sxw the tangible results of those united ;: fines. He paid a glowing tribute to j tße philanthropic work done by Sister ■ TZenAeth, and referred in feeling terms • to the invaluable assistance given by II' KEE. PScey and Mr A. C. Brown. - Tbe Han. Geo. Fowlds, metaphorically : peaking, patted the promoter of the I ieheme on the back and said lc Well done!" Such organisations, he said. : fere important factors in uplifting the I Eft and tone of those in the city, Aa Sinister of Education, he would say that tße work being c«rried on ha.d his full v ." ttMjperation. Work done by such orpulsations as that was of immense Tame in forwarding the cause of eduction. As Minister for Public Works. Be could also congratulate them. The work of, that kind was to improve the sanitary condition of Homes Se hoped the exertions of the mSrimi would be to not only create in tig minds of the people a greater interest in and a desire for education, but ■wwiH also create a desire for clean homes and clean streets, tn"at the sani&7 condition of the streets might be ifflprtfreA. The total antount received in (fenations during the day was £235. He memorial stones were then laid. the firet by the Hon. Geo. Fowlds, the . iecciul by Mrs James Craig, sen., the -uftmi by Mr T. Clark, for tfie Freeman's Biy- Mission, and the fourth by the Ber. J". and Mrs Wilson, for the' Newton congregation. - . In. tie evening a highly successful : fiaTOig-rbom entertainment was given. Bie proceeds for the day totalled £ 235.