Grants For Church Halls

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31237, 8 December 1966, Page 10

Grants For Church Halls

(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, Dec. 7.

Details of further assistance to church organisations for church halls for community youth purposes and youth camps were announced today by the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr Seath).

Forty-three grants totalling £98,886 had been approved since inception of the scheme last March, he said. Details of the grants recently approved are:— Church Halls: St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Invercargill, £2550; St. Paschal’s Catholic Church, Ngatea, £4210; St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Botorua, £1500; Thames Methodist Church, £2065; Parochial District of Orakau, Kihiklhi,

£1645; Newlands Baptist Fellowship, Wellington, £2650. First Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, £5000; Christ the King Catholic Parish Council, Christchurch, £5000; St. Margaret’s Parish Church, Mt. Roskill, £1215; Church of the Nativity, Blenheim, £3230; Richmond Grove Presbyterian Church, Invercargill, £512; St. Timothy’s Presbyterian Church, Titahi Bay, £1200; Carterton Baptist Church, £509; St. John’s Methodist Church, Spreydon, £1782; St. Aidan's Parish, Remuera, £5000; Linwood Methodist Church, £2302; Otautau Presbyterian Church, £2500; Knox Presbyterian Church, Nelson, £763; St. Matthias’s Church, Panmure, £3345; St. Andrew’s-St. David’s Presbyterian Church, Wanganui, £3964; Omapere Methodist Church Trust, Rawene, £758; St. John’s Methodist Church Trust,

Hamilton, £5000; St. James’s Presbyterian Church, Bulls, £2531. Extensions to church halls: Kaurilands Church of Christ, Titirangl, £382; Drake! Presbyterian Church, £2000; St. David's Methodist Church, Christchurch, £360; Ashburton South Presbyterian Church, Ashburton, £713; St. Brigld’s Hall Management Committee, Thames, £318; Paparoa Methodist Church Trust, £800; St. Aidan’s Anglican Church, Hamilton, £812; Knox Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, £1843; St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Mornington, £2OOO. Youth camps: Blackwell Park Camp-site Committee, Auckland, £1000; Salvation Army, Wellington, £9148; Queenstown Christian Camp Trust, £1475.

Mr Seath said he expected to be able to make decisions on other applications shortly. *