SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY.

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 131, 1 December 1930, Page 5

SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY.

The anniversary services of the Silverstream Sunday School were held last Saturday and Sunday. Oii Saturday, at 5.30 p.m., the annual tea-meeting took pkee, when the scholars sat down to well-laden tables, presided over by teachers, and friends. Then followed a time for games, and, at 7.15, parents and friends gathered in force in the new Churcli Hall to hear a programme of songs and recitations by the scholars. Jvot the least interesting was the hymn "Come to the Saviour," given in Maori. The annual report by the secretary, Mi\ It. M'Kenzie, showed a roll number of 43 scholars and 5 teachers, with an average attendance of 74 perc ent; Master E. Harrington, the treasurer, presented'the financial statement, which showed a credit balance. Mrs. Godber presented prizes to the following:— E. Harrington, J. Castle, L. Hartley, B. Harrington, V. Castle, D. M'Kenzie, W. Smith, M. Fyft'e, and V. Dunn. Masters Bush and Dunn moved and seconded a'heartyevote.of. thanks to all who had helped with the tea, and Mr. Castle made similar reference to the work of the teachers during the year. The llev. G. W. Hunt, who: presided, closed the meeting by leading in the singing of the Doxology. The anniversary services were further continued on Sunday afternoon, when a special children's service was held. The Rev. J. R. Blanchard, 8.A., of St. John's, Wellington, conducted the service, a large number of parents, friends, and visitors being present, indicating that the new Church Hall was evidently filling a muchneeded requirement of the district.