DIOCESAN STANDING COM- ' MIITEE.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12545, 14 July 1906, Page 4

DIOCESAN STANDING COM- ' MIITEE.

. «■ The Standing CbTnmrbtee met on July 10th. The Bishop stated that £100 had been cabled to his commissary for tiie passages of two clergymen from England to serve in tho ciiiceeae. A clergyman (the Rev. B. H. Ward) who ■was well recommended, had offered himself that day. (Mr AVard has since been appciated to Lowclilr.) Ifc was agreed, oil t.he.recommcn'cl'atiaa of the siib-com-mifcleo for Church Missions, that it should bo mado known that not only docs the Organising Secretary for the Church Mis-ion fund receive no payment for hid services out of that fund, but that the £100 he received from the Bishopric fund is devoted by him towards the stipend of an assistant curate at Sydenham, so that the parish may net suffer through tho time ho devotes to his work for the Church Mission Fund.Alto that tho annual appeal for tho fund, buniadeasdioeastan as possible this year, and be held on Sunday Sepj toiuber 30th, except at St. Michael's, ! Christchurch and St. Matthew's, St. ] Albaiifi. Tho Bishop accepted from tho sub-committee a suggestion that visits by a deputy of the Bishop should bo made in districts whore the contributions to the etipend of the vicar ought to bo incrcaeed, cr an assistant euirato nko supported. A report by the Subj Committee for Education was road and received. A letter from Messrs Smith and Anthony, in re the New Zealand Church News, was lfad and received. , It was agreed to recommend tho Church Property trustees to mako a further loan cf £100 to the cure of Phillipstown, for re-roofing the nave of their 1 Church. Direction was given to tho I treasurer to pay th« unsettled Church i Mission fund grants at last year's rate !up to September 30ih. Archdeacon Harper reported as to the looal contributions from Bojiceiififield and Kingßdown; and Archdeacon Scott reported ' that tlio local contribution from Cboka, ! Fiaxton, and Evreton had been recently forwarded to tho Diocesan Treasurer. jlt considerod undesirable to recom- ! mend the trustees to grant a ; loase of part of the Church ! mservo at Sumner, which had i b?en applied for. Notice of retirement wits givpn, after twelve years' ■service, 'by Mr T. M. Goe, Eioceean Clerk and Accountant, on account of failiits; health. The resig-naHcm was r>rcppt<d, with an expression of the Standing Committee's regret, and. .their sympathy with Mr Geo under the circumstances which had led to it. A subcommittee, 00-iKvisting of the Rev. C. H. Gcsset, and Messrs Andrews, Britten, and Bean, was appointed to consider tho general question of tho work of tfie Diocesan Office, and to report to a special meeting of the Standing Committee on Tuesday, July 17th. Archdeacon Scott reported tho result of a conference with the vestry of St. John's, Clirifitchurch. The treasurer reported that £30 had been paid by Ohoka towards the vicarage repairs, and the work set on foot. The question of providing tlife balance of the oest was jefcired to the CSinrch Property trustees to consiidor. Tho Inspector's report on the repairs .md renovations needed at the MoJvern ! Vicarage was read, and direction given j for communicating the report ond esti- j rrtate of cost to the Chnrohwardene. j Tie Bshop st.at<d that ho would request ! tlie tnistees tp have the vicarage at I liiccarton also in-pected. Tho Comn;ittoe then adjourned. A TWENTIETH CENTURY PREPARATION. Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs. Cclds. and Consumption. Small cose. Pleasant to take. Price Is GcJ large sisw 3s. For sale by all chemists ' and storekeepers. j