ST. PETER'S PARISH.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 493, 28 April 1909, Page 10

ST. PETER'S PARISH.

: Tho : '■■'linnunt-riticcling' of; tho.. parishioners of? St. .W!is : lield ; last;; niglitj' .-vicar : ;vfe;: I'.''Davys) , presiding., -'-.y: : ;'X\% ! ' : ' ; / '■".' On.'tlio , niotioii.' of: Air.,. KilwnrdyXiidorson-,-;se ; conded ; -ibyb'lMr.V •;'roporjb ; '. and ."biilanco-shoetV :,.;(a|rcricly,'< '5 'Wow adoptcd.jV ■: r '-V:"-.V v "' : ; v .:- ,-;':,.-?;} ■■-'< V' : ---".^'■■'■'-'. ■ .^Thc . roiiorts'/bf 'tlio : Brqpltlyn .-Churcli,.:.tho ; Ta'rnnaki;.Ktrcct;Jliskinn and the :Jvcl^rno : "(Jhurclv , ;.wcrfoalsq , lirouglit;.;down; sA'll;|or" 'tKesq'' ; wbro , pro.■grcssnigVsatisfactorilyl:C!;;!:,;'' .?y': ■*■'■'~'..'?;,-<* ' ■ :: Wicar-'said . .that. ...the,'yeas'had-: boon, a;; very ■ iharc|\ono, : but , .things. TCCro;. ;; ljcconiihg , ' i casior jipiyi- llho ■ Uropldyn ,;Cliiirch ; \va'3-;p!.accd';un-].d«r'-E6paraio..c|crgy'mqri;;.aiHl.:ij Jargopartof |ftho;TCorltat^c|bunio^woiil4'.b"(j-; i t;akcn' , -.by'-tlic 'Jt6p^A»''^VV ;: H^.Comp'toiii;- , .«whoi'"Avas:; taking ■chargo : :.pf 'thaMlacllicld ' , Hostel.;;V,Mr'. Davya £Kankbd. : 'l ; tlio , ' outgoing■; ='. eburebwardens, Mossrs', ,&■: ;N. .and If. I'almcr, who.had' ren- ■ dored , good■ : ter I vicj)'i:»ihc- ltov;*I). ■ Hi: Jenkins, r.wlioj.liad". reiidercil' great 1 assistance.' in condu(!tihg j .:tlib..:.sorviocs'. at. Brooklyn,-,and 3lr. '.\Vi,-'-13. 'Fisher;-who hacl .acted ias lay-reader. .■Hp , greatly;: reßre.tted.4tb , record tlie doatli ipf.'Jlri ,, C.V ■E/-.Carterj :: -who-' had'bebn ono_ oi tho best;workers in tbft Church.'' Speaking 'of. clie- Taj-anaki Street Mission , ,' attached' k iSt;-.;.l'eter'.s, lie. said that'it waa-vory satisfactory to note that the,' Church of ■ England was. tho. first Church to establish ■ in. Welling.tonia mission tor such people- as would not ''.go":'.to; regular churches. The .work ...of the ..mission_.was-..yery encouraging, 'and ; anothei encouraging .matter was that two young mer. and. two young women bad, during the pasl year;.volunteered for mission work, and:6h< of tho men had already sailed for Fiji. One part;of the parish in which.they needed tc work was Mitcholltown, but ho had arrange*] for a lay-reader to'take a service in _ tht evening, and, when he secured . additional assistance on: his return- from England, h't hoped to do more. In conclusion ; tho vioai 'thanked Dr. Fylfe and the choir, and; a! ■ workers in'tW church., . . \ Tho following otticers were elected for-tht onsuing'year: Churchwardens, Messrs. Thbs Bellinger (vicar's churchwarden), H. W Lloyd (peoplo's churchwarden);, vestry Messrs. Edward Anderson, R. Wilberfoss, A N. and I* , . Palmer, A.'L. Beattie, T., Rash H. F. Alien. J. G. Pascoe, G. Lawrenco, am Xf. Si. Southwicb; auditors,' Messrs. J. M Butt, .and. (i. M.,.Wilton. -.•,., ~:.'.'' ■ Votes of thanks,' were accorded to ' th( ladies' working party, Dr. Fyffe, and th( choir, Mr. W. B. Fisher, Mr. Edward kadorson, the auditors, and tho ' retiring churchwardens. .'■'.. ■■'■•.- '. , The report of St. Michael's Cburehroom, Kelburne, mentioned that tbo revenue,- an compared with tbo previous year, • showed ar increase of £61 2s: 9dl, which enabled the committee to meet air current; expenses and also to reduco the bank'overdraft by £72 25,4 d- .-.- ..-■■■: ," ;.. ....;■-.;' ;: -