HOLY TRINITY LYTTELTON.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4288, 28 April 1879, Page 2

HOLY TRINITY LYTTELTON.

The annual meeting o£ panAionew of the |; above Church was held iathe tehooltoomon f Friday night last, the Bey. J. Townwwi, ; inoumbent, in the chair. Between sixty laf f, seventy of the congregation were pwia. After offering a prayer, the chairman j»- ■, oaeded to lay before the meeting a utatomaft , of the work of the Church for the past jeer He eaid, there hare been during the year jot a few under a hundred of baptumij W > marriagee hare been fewer than in u» t yea* before, being only eight ac ago* : fourteen. Of the burials the numbsr a happily leis than in the previous J«M. r namely, thirty-four. Of these but ej* | were adults, and of the eight > were by accidents. Of the Sunday S« there are 258 riamesion the books with ft g«» f< average attendance. This success v> sm „; owing to the efficiency of tho eupeni&t« ;. Mr Webb, to whom the epecial thaatoafW parish are due. There ie a Pf**** ; teachers, and I do hope some of , men will come forward and help, wa* \, another matter-that connected with JM v shipping. It hae been a subject sf #» f anxiety to mc, the matter of what v <&>£ .£ lie floating population. cam* forward to aeaufc mc, Both>SM«j* 9 | remaini in a preliminary way w M f. when Mr Nolee will enter npon h« «* « [ the pawonage now perched up in SM it wew, I am unable to ussocifli* » |». like with my parishioners. It io « to BTr f' oat of fli* way. I hope yon mil !'< the hands of the incoming committeein. w I work the outgoing ones hare cc& mw*j» fc referenoe to tide matter. 1% the tag| |- before you I trust the greeted modsnW 1 i will be obsenred. . . .•*« |\ The Chairman then read the waxm » * ft liet meeting, and they were oonSrawd. „ | The Chairman then aeked I present had signed the churchwarden* w*» . on the table, otherwise they could not |< Mr J. O. Sopp said that towUianw egg | only-those who we» actually nM»b«a« *g g take purtin the proceedinga of tau £ He eipressed Ma surpriae and pleu*" j( (here being so many members. to '' The Chairman referred M* statute bearing upon members jl" 4 E for the definition of what a member*** >- The subject was then dropped, «»<* The Churchwarden read .the WJ$ |^ statement .—The total ■ "^B* , J sources for the rear wae &6i «• £»%* [; bureements, including a debit p; preTious year £6019 a .44 » lea Ting a debit at the Bank &**##s. O, An asset against the V** *«*•"£ X at £75. The balance-sheet account showed a balance to credit oik, k , account. £3 8a sd. .-, \ The accounts as read were I' Mr H. E. Webb read the P off & t of ito work in the ' thought there should be A f. thejwg*JK*^ England people in Ly«*e|ton. ci«» i alslbe mw teaching *# ",™£«»» f eooount of the '^\ t *3SJ£sAJ*i 1 atfii^sa^s -1 f.

• were passed by motion. j then raid theappointaiene of j,«eh office* would take place. Dr. Dofeald acted as minister's warden up to the tune she leering, * nd 6,1 Mr C^* Bo,l *** JLjh. tolnnteered to act in that capacity. Hβ Zgdi move that Mr Gibson be appointed garter , ! warden. . ijfr β-ibsss offered same remarsf, in which to «id that he hoped those present would penosal reference, and look at the office Sfcertfeanatthemae. ißbr people* churchwarden Dr. Boose was ao^ and Mr Graham. A ballot mi ~~jlx Graham read a sUlcmeiit of his ser_>ef to the church ai verger and sexton, in he slated that for the first four yean hi returned annually the cheque of £30 paid to him to the church, and had made other in the aggregate to £100. This did not inclEde the regular offertoriee of him--2f tad family. Tie whole of the money i|a3 by him for the benefit of the church ha connection with it in Canterbury Iljaited to £458. He hoped those preeent j-sld concede that after those lerTioei he had ] - AajD. to be appointed a churchwarden. Allwright, Mr Da we, and Mr H. K. Jilder deprecated the manner in which Mr Qrthim had come forward, and the statehe had made. It amounted to a corert -jjjci npon the Testry of la«t year. If Mr ejjhss had anything against any of the fttiry, the most honorable way would be;to .gate it ia plain terms. Ibe bsUoUng wu then proceeded with, the -itjU as announced being for Mr Graham 4D for Dr. Some 26. Mr Graham was deduly elected parishionen' church-

j£j w. H. Ejes proposed the names of gentlemen for the office of vestrymen, ■sostef whom filled the position* the put

jß;ey individually declined to act, stating •tiattfa* vote for parishioners' warden just titen wss equivalent to a vote of censure

jpactbern. Chairman then called for other nomijsitoni fe> be made for vestrymen, bearing in sod that vestrymen must be communicants Is tbe church and residents in the parish. Bo person riling to make the nominations, &aChM3rm*n said that he feared a deadlock jatdoetmrred, and the only course that seemed cpea for him was to appeal to the Bishop. Ifce members of the veetry then severally aksd &tt if Mr Graham had anything Sgiiiut them to out with it. Mr Gkaham ssid he had determined to ftTotdsU perscaslities when he came t# the mrstit€, c proposed to do so. 2£? Allwi%lit thought the vestrymen lieald explain what action they had taken with reference to Kr Graham, as it was certain £b*t ge&tlsißsa would not. Mr 6Kbsou said he regretted the deadlock cor apparent had occurred. He, personally, sst rmj willing indeed to work with Mr Qrshzzi, bet unfortunately for Mr Graham, he being a paid officer of the churob, and haiag drawn his fees to the end of the aftttfhj he was really ineligible for the office tt vestryman. Cannderable discsstion here ensued upon fat i«tkm of the vestry in respect to the ippatntmeat of verger and sexton, Mr H. IS. $£i&er giving an account of the course taken ej the vestry. That course was taken in costtgcs&ce of the remissness of Mr Graham in nfgnsee to rendering an account of the xbbss received by him. Mr Graham read the correspondence sent \ffim to the vestry. Mr WMte-Psrsoni then related how Mr Saiaa'i salary had been paid. Kr Graham acknowledged that he retained tke bell fesi, believing he was entitled to A motion to adjourn was lost. Etc Caairman here vacated the chair for a IWDsinute*. Mc Graham then said that after what had Mm tt the meeting, he could net find any plsasor* in being connected with holding efibe. fie would, therefore, give the meeting i B8 sore trouble, but would resign the office ts wisich. he had just been elected. A ißOtion to adjourn to May sth then prenlled, asd the meeiang dispersed.