PARISHIONERS' MEETINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 106, 3 May 1912, Page 6

PARISHIONERS' MEETINGS.

ST. iIATTHEW-S. ' Tie annual mwjni of the parishioners !of St Matthew's Tburch was held on. | Tuesdaj- evening, about forty p-.-rsoas | being present. The Vicar <;. W. i E. Gillam) presided. and in hi? | 1 atmaaJ report characterised da year ! ajj one of quiet, subtly prosrress in the . ' parish. The oETertori'-s bad i>efn larger than ■ I pvpr bpforp. and thf art£ndaj>.ps at tho ■ i Holy Communion slinwed an iiicrp-jsp of thirty per ocai. iMirina the year t^pre ■ j v/ere 201 b.'ip;..sm.- iLmlnillng s>pven adu'.lsV, !53 f.iulirxueii, TO marrlaetv, aiid -U; i ocrials. The r-i«>rT at Che caun-hwartltvo i , I and vestry showed that the year was ended ! , with a credit btiiauce of £»• -'. t'J>- tixal ' amount raised by fat" parishioners (•• in-' : i £1353 15,11. in a-idfiion to which a rnilil ' . ! balance of £2r, 0 :\ had been carri.Hi f,irwnr,l | ' i fr.iin the year before. Th.- offertories ha.', i 'increased by £130 4-11. Both re|->rts :::•! , ; j the were adopted. Tie v!-:ir i I ri-iippoii.ti'd Mr E. V. • llancock :i< 'if* I • ! \v:inlpii. and Mr. Wm Jeffrey was rf»-elcr:p.l ''people's warden T.- rolowLns vestry w"l< •I i-,..tw1:-MmmW. li. .1 Ball. \V. K;r-s. W. ■! i-o;:i:..-.pii. K. ii rri.kPl". .1. J. H.>l!an.!. H. IJ. Leo VV, Tiilihy, .1. IV. U-izru O. 1' . 1 Phllpot, and 1: V." While. Rffrrpncp wns ' I ma<li- to ih- ;..i5.:.,.:i ii -\vhi.-h church law ' I pla'-Pd p.iri-hi.iviTs who t.'.A " it rc-i'lo with- i 'in tbi- p;iri-.h tmuaUariiw. -■■ .. !i pOlsO:L-i not I ; bfiii- enTrtlPil !■• vom MT pirish mw ; !:"5 t I Tin- Tic.ir said that the i.-ir-stinn i-rr>|i|»-J I ' op pprviiia!!y, :!Ti(! woiril pn»ba.b!y be >••'■'! f ' lat Itii- next rii'ni'-ml Svii'id. The meP'tlTn? i . c:\rrii-.I a ro-.i'.p:. -i that thi , I . vpwt-y nil: t*!« parlehlnnprs t"--«thfr. with j a v..'"vv in filiilin-.- utfiins of :i.r:i.l.u:iiL' rh- ; ! Th<> i'hiip-!i »«rki-rs ami ilip r"t. .:■•.£ . > oil) e-s were ;:m'-:i th.- i-usl.ioiarj voles of > I thanks.

AH. SAINTS - .

I Th<" annn.il pa.-'.^'rmi'n , ■'.'.-! if A'! ' Saints' Churf-h. Poasonby. took plare on ( j : j .O persons. The Yea. Arr-hdeacou Colder, | I vicar. pri-MilPiJ Tbc annual r>'[j..rt of ihe i v«-srrv stait-.l LtLat atteiihin'-es at devotional I . m<-.-t. ! r.-.s wert- ini-re.i.-:insr steadily, but the I chi:rr-b aitf!Hiaii<-Rf ami number of Comrcniiiious madp at>out Lhf* wiinf 1 a≤ tli(? j previous ve;ir. The year was dosed with a ! ill-! : h:i!aQC« of £13 hnt tbere ■α-fre s».i! ' rpiits nutstaiKlina to the crtPr.t of eso. The . peuwal i>ff«rU>r:ps had tiPen below tbe aver. i ii?f. and, in fons»men<*p. th» finances had . (?r;tip back by al<oi,r £411 The permanent i' church bniWirrS fix-nil stood ar £ - 3117 4 •'■. i anrt this amminl had InfPrPSt torn!- I !ir.'_- i;]<iS IS.'ll. The f.ihsrrlptions to iV ! curate fund h.TI h<Ti very winall, and there ! • •unit<» fir ttif n-'irish. it «-ushif,.<l th.-it :i-•-:.>:a n<-t- vnnU\ be obtained j hoforp lorn: Tbp »:i<! balflTifp-scpet wf-ro nOoj'twl Tin' Si:nday-s"-hiv>' showfifi'thnt 'he nvA-asro arif!"l.-irifp fir'tae I y.-:,r iv.-is "7:: T!,p v'car :l lin.iir.tfrl Mr S n Kn-'IW] :.> Ills wonlm. :iri.l Mr. W. Mr- | >f;it!i «-.:.« r'-fli-tr-! pprip!p">s wfi-rl«n. The I lowing vestry «-.-i« e!p<-tei! —Messrs. V ! Arinlzor. J \V TiM.S. T r-,:! r ,:n. C. M. . '■.•iM<-r, A. M Si:ir;"ii, V\". 11. Prnrrnn, K. ■ Sri:!:h.' II (\. v.-.--. f*. r. llistei'. and ' r;ipliiLa I>rnler. Messrs F. Srntes and H. i , OuHlvt-r wff rp r-.i a-iflliory. |

ST. I'ETEIfS, ONKIirXGA.

, I I 1 The m-.n.V rr.eet'r.s "f parishioners w.is | ' held, on Tnesda? in the Parish Hall. There ; ; v.a> :i •."-"! :.-;;-;,'.aiir,- The report of th" i v. -:ry stated' The rT.mmunirants on the F n.li mm- mm,!-i- i'Sl. an increase of ■"*"' over ■ );. = • year: the i-niuiunalnn-: made numbered • no*;.' an iufr'-i.--.. of ii". over !.i-t year, i which wa« an increase ••'. '■'■ over rbe predion*: yf-ar. The haptisms for the year were:— | Infants. r>/2: .i<lult=. 1: the burials. 20. of which only on** was at St. I'eter's Cemetery. The Snad3.v-si"b'>'tl fhfrflrfTi nnrabprfrt2ni :)•■ irrreasf of 1". Th<> Bishop coDflrmod 40 yrinncr fipople. hut 12 of ihe>.e . a*>r>- lioarriprs a: Ttit> F'nh Co'.>:e. and t-w> fruni X:. M,.nii«V< parish. The marria?es ntiiuhfrwi 11 There is ik<w on afcrmnt of | ' the. n.-TT rhnr<-ta hni!dine fnnd 0124 18/4 in j the hands of Ul<> Board, ajid £47 1/10 ■ in thi- Ancklanrl Savins* Bank. OEehnnga. Tie Irusrefi! aj;-.-> bold £2i>".. the int/resr of ■svhir± is for beepin™ the fnaveyanl in order. ; The general offertory amoonted to £228 ■ I.VS, aji increase of £4 16/5 over last year; ) , the special offertories were £42 0/10, an in-rfiisp of £ie 0,5: the sent rent.? nmorurted to £95 5/. an increase ,->f £13 I. The Trust Board bold.* the bnlam-e— £772 1/& cashon tie church properties' aeenunt- The vicar (Canon H.-iseldi'ni appointed Mr. C. H. Barker as his ci'jr<-h »-.■>rdea. and Mr. .T. H. Ptra.w- was elected parishioners' chnrrbwarden. and the following tvere I elected to form the vesrry: — Messrs. A. S I , I Holmes. ,T. I-: Kel.«all. W. Stevens S. R. ■j Skinner. J. Ii Ward. J A Skinner. H. T. ; I Smith. C Coldhnr.i Sir. J. D R!-hird«on , ■ mis p]ef-,ei] n- nuilitor Mr. A S. Holm-» ! ' I set I p<l that thi , w-w chnrch buildin; fund i : I per anniiin." nn<l 1: was de.-i.)eci m take ! ! steps t't increase this Ny special donatious. > ' Three donations, annountins to £23. were , promised in tlit rni>ni. under the cojjgiticm I •.b:! , £7o more wj< ; I At the annual rneetinc; of the South- i j land Acclimatisation Society nearly a! , ! thousand persons fiire,] the wintry night I I' to be present, of whom between 700 and 1 , SOO wpro meniher?. The main business ' ; was the election of members of the Coun- ! ( il. and the ballot resulted in the reje.e- ■ ' j tinn of all the retiring members, the ; voting in favour of the nfw candidates' being in the proportion of over two to one. Sis foreigners. fOmprLsinjj two Ger- ' i mails, two Xonvejrians. one Italian, and ■ c I one. Spaniard, arrived at Wellington by I j the Moana from Sydney. Five of them I 1 were successful in passing their test cxl \ animations, but the. other, a German, was i', unable to comply Batisfatjorily with the 1; questions of the examining Customs j f i officer. 3 I Mr. C. T. RasbbrnoV, chief clerk of f ; tie Wellington district office of the Pub- ' i lie Works Department, was on Wednes- i 7 day evening presented with a divan ' , chair and a purse of sovereigns on the jpecasion of his retirement on superannuation, alter thirty-eight years of ser-ivii-e. Mr. F. J. Munson succeeded to the i chief clerkship. j