KELBURNE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 740, 12 February 1910, Page 10

KELBURNE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

WELCOME'TO THE-NEW MINISTER.

\ - : A- welcome social was tendored. last oveiW ing, to'tlw Bev. Ai'.C. W. .'Standage and Mrs.'Standagb-by the' Congregation of -the Kolburhe .Church; ;iß;' con-, ncction.with .the [induction of. Mr. -Standago to Uho ; 'pastorato"of.-the church.The retiring • moderator,, Bev.;- Dr. > Gibb, .pre-sided,-and there \vas an excellent 'attendance. • , • - '

?• In welcoming the incoming minister, the Eov.Dr. Gibb eulogised the self-reliance exhibited -by;'the congregation in .undertaking tiie lioi»vy obligati p'. entailed in the establishment of flip church in Kclbunie, and': foreshadowed 'a;'prosperous; future; for the .charge.as.' .the -district, devoloped. Short ..addresses .of wclcorao were also given byrtho:Bovs. W; J/ Comxie and 0. 13.-.Ward,:.and Mr. H, D. Grocott".;,: 'i'hb Rev.,; Mr.:' Standage, ,in responding, . expressed the appreciation' of'.himself aiid Mrs.. Standage at . the ,! hearty '.welcome whiclChad, been given to; them. .

• '•&? programme was given, .'which includ-. Ed a recitation by;Miss!P4scbe, aiid'songs by Hesdames- Rose arid • Tint',and 'Messrs; S. Clark -Johnston, arid N; Grant;' ' Mi's. Burko accompanist:'••: Refreshnieiits'' were dispensed, and"tlie ; arrange- • ments of the evening were ,'creditably carried out by the : ladies' of the guild. , ; lt may ho mentioned: 'that the 'first.annual picnic of the-.Sunday school'id being held to-day in' the'-grounds. of Mr: G".. 'i'roup, which "adjoin the'Karori reservoir.; ' . . A pleasing event, during the .evening was, the-presentation to Dr. Gibb .of a goldmounted fountain pen'by the'Rov. ■ Mr.,Conirio on' behalf of' the. committee as!a token of esteem and a memento of his hioderntorship of the charge.