PARISH OF WADESTOWN AND NORTHLAND.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 188, 4 May 1908, Page 11

PARISH OF WADESTOWN AND NORTHLAND.

• NEW CHURCH FOR WADESTOWN. v The. annual meeting of the parishioners of "Wadestown and"*,' Northland was held on Thursday .night, the vicar (Rev. T. G. Kay) presiding. . ■; •' The renort.-stated that 'the .finances compare most favourably with those of last year, tho vcredit balance, being £10. V-'-The ;general . offertories,'.have"increased;, but: it' is to be , regretted 'that the efforts of tho 'ch.urchwa.r-. ■ dens; in,'getting, subscriptions :haye ; not met witlij tho .success .which they'might have re-', ccivcd.- There:'are., no -seat rents, and' the , churcli is entirely "dependent'on the^-liberality of the parishioners. Tho New Church-Rudding Fund has been ; aiigmeiit'ed:during the-past' year bythssubBtantial .:6um' :'6f £361 ,14a.' Bd.',.;and' now. amounts to £833 95.11 d. Plans of the proposed new church,. were shown, and the ..meet-' ... mg apnroved of tho steos taken by the vestry. It-: is : proposed..to. 'oxpeiid: £1000." oil a portion , of .. the., church , to. be built in brick • ;■ or 'stone on;tho■ nresont site of the church- ■ room, which is free of debt. ' . . The . report and balance-sheot-.- of • St.' ' .'Anne's,Northland,;/:.show.-.that '.very good work lias been done there. The committee : increased the rccejpts to. the general fund . from £35 to £50, tor .which. tho vestry, and . churchwardens aro most thankful. , The total receipts • tor. the l year were £186, . including £50 raided towards'the , debt account./•;. Tho total rcceints. in. both districts from, all . spmcos were; over £760.' -The best '-thanks'ajf tho ■■ .vestr.v■ were tendered to Mrs. ,Rhodes'for , her donatipn of £153 towards the new church ; building, fundi , > Tlio;report;,rind' balance-sli'eofr word adopted. . The 'Vicar, (Rev.vT. G. Kay) stated that'lie would reserve Ins annual address for Sunday .evening.,-, next.- .But >-incongratulating ; tho parishioners on:'a-very satisfactory stato. of affairs ho would like to say that there were few, parishes• of; the size.'-in' Now';Zea-; land .that, could show .'such a rccord. lii July, ; 1904>. Wadestown, North laud/, and Creswick were detached from St. Paul's and made a, separate chango.'. Previously nothing ' , had been :d6ue ;at Northland, and within. sis' months tho foundation' stone of , St. : Annc's • was, laid. .The property at Northland was valued at over £1300. It was truo'thero Was still a ( debt, of ■ about half that amount, but- : judging; from. .the. committee's - keenness..tho> end. of .the present year ought to see ,the' debt- considerably reduced. .When the now chargo, , ,was , formed- tho vestry ,at Wadestown had to find nearly double -its previous contribution to tho . general church. fund.' In two-years St. Paul's withdrew, jta help' of -£'10. a, year; still the vostrv had paid its.' . way,and kept out <jf. debt; Notwithstanding all this in four, years-'the. sum of''£B3B had be>n raised for a new -building/: 'Jt was very difficult for him-to express his thankfulness ,; to such splendid bands of; workers at -Wades* - . town-and- Northland.-? - Mr.-Jacob.]l._ Reynolds was selected to represent the parish at ,th 6' Diocesan Synod. OTAKI ANGLiCAfJ CHURCH. ANNUAL REPORT. .' .■.(FUOMrOUIt', SrECIAL,-COIIKKSrOKDRXT.I : Following is tho annual report submitted et the annual/rndcting, of parishioners df tho- - Anglican Church by the. Rev. 11. T; Steale.v: , —" Taking this parochial district as a-whoio,' .1 have,to report -spiritual and .temporal' progress in; tho; work of tho church. Our Sunoay . Schools '(with possibly oiio or two 6x-- - ceptions) aro ill a'better, condition than thoy; were this timo last year. :Our.congregations : havo improved in almost overy 'centre/. and i ~ our communicants . continue; to -increase in ' numbers. , The. fact that. we now have-two> . clergy; m.thitf parochial district greatly adds to the efficiency "of the .work of tho church, alio Jiov. J. 1 Echvin Jonos ufc Parapnraumu has thrown, himself heart and' soul intohis work for the blaster,; and his; efforts have, been .'greatly ..appreciated,. . The lay "readers are also: doing a good work in 'the various centres,; for which I feel Very grateful; with-' out their help one-half of the services now held would have to be dispensed with We have-raised..the sum of. £701 ss. Sd. durinr tho .year.After deducting. £293 15s. U?wards thoistipends of the! two clergy, and. £32, 2s. 4d. - given; to various missions, tho ■ :rest has. been; , voted away, or . kept" for : certain --purposes' by .tho. -churchwardens'. and ■ vestry and- 'various, committees. For the ' £S& cn &!? JfeS? 1 -8W903; there was raised 7™- ' :£2i)l »-; 3 905,-.£448;. 1906, £616:' l!)0i, £6/(j; 15)03; £701.; These facts speak for , themcdves.-,-Peopla dp not give their: hundreds -to.:a_ dying concern, nor to ono in which, they take: no "interest,, j' -'' Last August the churchwardens and vesiSA.' nsin E. the Mission Church, and to hold their services pro ternm this.. Church-room. ...'; The'next step : forward was -tho purchase of a site for a churcn near to tho Post Office in Otaki from Mr. Herbert I'l-eeman-for £175. During the. year, we raised £120 towards this obicct. Since tho end of last month I liave received £7, leaving a debt'of. £43, towards which I havo had promised the .sum of £15."