£300,000 SOUGHT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 74, 29 March 1938, Page 11

£300,000 SOUGHT.

CENTENARY FUND, j i PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. I ANONYMOUS DONOR'S GIFT. With the object of raising a fund of £.'!0(I.OOO as a centenary thanksgiving i -(•heme for (he celebration of the centenary of the I'resbytorian Church in I New Zealand in 1040. an enthusiastic meeting was held In St. David's Hall last even in;;. Representatives of provincial I'niigri'jratinns from as far north ;\s Helensville and member* of the Aiii'klaiul Presliytery were present. The , moderator of the Auckland I'resbytery. ' ' the Kev. ]{. X. Alley, presided, ii Mr. S. .1. Harbuti, chairman of thejj committee appointed by the Ceneral | Assembly to carry out the scheme. ' announced that an anonymous donor in '! ! Auckland had made a gift of £1(101) per \\ annum for three years to inaugurate the fluid. '"In the brief space of 100 years many , churches and manses have been built," | said the Kev. R. C Mel),,wall, of St. j Luke's Church. ''That lias involved a large, capital expendit lire which the congrejjations • have ha<l to provide by way of loan*. They bear the ordinary rates of interest, and repayments with interest mean a heavy burden which hamper* the work of the Church. The; total burden of debt is over £jn(1,04»0."' Importance of Scheme. |' "I feel our scheme is one of most ' vital importance to our Church."' .-aid Mr. Harbuti. "Its success will have such far-reaching effect*, not only upon the j financial side, but upon the spiritual."'! The objective was to raise £:;iHI.00l). to bo used first to liquidate debt and , secondly to provide for the future. The scheme set the task to every congregation to strive to wipe off its own debt | during the next three years. j A welcome was extended to Mr. J. I Henry Lang, who will direct the cam- ! paign throughout the Dominion. I Mr. Harbutt announced the following . odieers for the campaign in the Auckland. I'rcshyterv district: —Chairman. Mr. .T. M. Klliffe; vice-chairman. Mr. d. Victor Macky; secretary, Mr. L. C. H. Daw-on. A member from each con- I gregation in the province is. to be added. The Dead Sea is 1300 ft below the level of the Mediterranean. |