PARISH MEETINGS

Evening Star, Issue 17031, 30 April 1919, Page 2

PARISH MEETINGS

ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH. ■" 3ie annual meeting of the parishioners' xi St. Martin's Church, North-east Valley, was held last night. The vicar (the Rev. X. A. Fribers) presided. The vestry's report stated that they had commenced the current year's work w'hen the church was without the services of an apnomt-xi vicar. Indebtedness was expressed to the late vicar (the_ Ven. Archdeacon Woodthorps) for his assiduous attention to the church services. The general services were arranged for chiefly by soliciting the.good offices of the Rev. C. H. Statham, who had been a great standby oa so many previous occasions. _ The appointment of t-no Rev. N. A. Friberg. of Nelson diocese, to the vicariate of St. Martin's is recorded with pleasure. Mr Friberg and family have already made their presence in the "Valley much appreciated. The revenue for the year shows a decrease of £llO (approximately), but has been sufficient to meet ordinary requirements and increase slightly the credit balance. The new school building _fund was increasing. Building conditions chiefly had. caused a delay in operations. There was every prospect cf an early sta-rt being made with the erection of the new building. It was with great regret that j the resignation was recorded of the honorary- choirmaster, Mr 11. Drake, who had been associated with the choir for upwards of 30 years. Mr Ernest Marryatt was appointed to the vacancy. The branch of the C.E.M.S. hud been successfully carried on. During the evening tha following programme" was carried out :—Orchestral selection (violin and euphonium). Mr E. Marryatt and Mr J. Pinnock; song, 'Three Green Bonnets,' Mrs Fribers; snug, 'The Floral D.uice.' Mr W. RBndd. Mrs W. It. Budd acted as accompanist during the evening. ST. KILDA. There was a large attendance last night at the an:n:i! meeting of parishioners of Holv Cross Church, St. Kilda. The vicar {Rev. A. Wingfield) presided. In moving the adaption of the report and balance-sheet, the treasurer {Mr H. W. S. H*llyer) expressed hi- s.iti<f:.u;r:i at the splendid pr r;ress which 1 ad been made during their fiut vear a= a palish. Both the offerterie* aid the stinend fund had shown an increase, and the church , finances were in an txtremely healthy j condition. During the year tV-y had paid j £250 off the mortise' . n t'~c nr. ...ity. leaving only £250 sti'l owi-g. They h-d also paid nway s nil £T,O ft rr-ra'-s. and. after meeting c.-.rr- nt oxp pss. they had b-3en able to bring f rv.i-i a cr-dit bdar.ee of £77 15*. T< -i u nn th- question of a n.nv vicarage. 3"r Hrllyer «aid the sub-committee "vh'i Md considered this matter had -_>M-ui:ed en estimate khmving thai i .-ehaH* bvihlin; f<nikl_ t e I erected for th > sum of £1.290, tun j were of opini »n that the parish --ho'dd ' have £3OO in hri"d b-f.nv he W'k of j bnildiiw was ente'\-l i.o-i. Mr HeV.ver | concluded by ,-uldhi.r thut the_ Pur,.hy . K*h«>(.i and thV v.iriws chinch gin'ds w r? j in a very healthy cndtthfi ard w er.' • d'>i»g fvelliput v..uk. . A)i'i*vr*e.) The Vicrr, in sr-e-k'r.* to th.- rer.-'t, j sanl that, while it 'dis.v ~.-d a very >-atL>faetory state of atl.tiu- fr.iar.-ia 1 ?;,-, yet the > success cf a chur. hj w.u nv.i--' v e<! b-. ;i c ; value as a centre. The Simdav : services had been very largely attended, i and a great deal cf interct had be°n shown in all th«» activities of the church. I The speaker aided that- on Fn-ter Day j there had been 253 < emmr.nki.nts at the j services. The report was a doited. The election of office-bearers resulted ar, j follows:—Vicar's ehurehwr.rden. Mr D. j Harris Hastines; parishioners' church- j warden, Mr H. W. >. Hel'yer: vestry— j Messrs TC. Dunning. \V. Weatherbnrn, W. i Booth. M. >krott.'M. Priest. C. Oaten,' R. Salter. F. W. Holmes. W. Jacobsen, j and Captain R. G. V. Parker; hon. auditor, Mr E. Broad. The meeting closed with votes of thanks to the varlou-. church workers and to the outgoing members of the vestry. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. PORT CHALMERS. .:.. . rpise Tiear fßev H. S. Bishop! j-resided at the annual meeting of parishioners. The financial statement, read by the treasurer, was ven* satisfactory. The bal-ance-sheet of the cotteg'3 property was received with satisfaction. The election of Mr W. Tewsley as people's warden was received with acclamation. The vicar nominated Mr J. A. Peteis as his- warden, and the following -■ were elected as vestrymen:—Messrs H. O. Haggitt, George Driver, R. Leftwich, Ralph Campbell. Alfred Yen-all, L. Laley, 1 _ R. Mitchell, Thomas Albert Armstrong, Charles Braitbwaite, and Sergeant-major Reeves. i A report was read by the vicar on the : pnnsh and its organisations, and at the ' close, en the call of the vicar, close on £IOO was promised towards the payment of the amount due for the vicarage. A committee of the donors was set up, with power to add to its number. A forward movement was launched, end bids fair to become a great success. Votes of thanks were passed to the vicar, to Mr Tewsley, and to Mrs Petersen (a veteran who has done service for the church for ready 50 years), and a resolution was passed that a small present j be given to her on her retirement from the work of collecting and for working for the Ladies' Guild. ST. PETER'S, CAVERSHAM. The annual meeting of parishioners was held in the Parish Hal! last evening. The report stated, inter alia: The general j offertories suffered a serious loss through j the epidemic, and in order to make this I good a special appeal was made, the response being such that the offertories 1 finished up tor the year very satisfactorily, | being an increase on the previous year. The liabilities carried forward from lastyear were heavy. Notwithstanding this, «ve have been able to pay off the extra ;ost due on the Sunday Scliool Hall (£63). reduce the bank balance by £7O. and pay£loo off the vicarage mortgage. These sums, together with rates ami'insurance i£l4j made a total of £248 wiped off our liabilities. The stipend fund collections show a slight falling off. This is accounted for by the epidemic and the removal from the, parish of subscribers. The envelope collections show a slight increase, but could still be improved. The Vestry record their very sincere appreciation of ! the splendid work done by the members ! of the Ladies' Guild during the past year, ! the results being ecpal to. if not better i than, the- average ot previous years. ,| The vicar's report made reference to several encouraging features, -notably a ■ great increase in the number of regular ; communicants and in the number of chil- [ dren attending the Sunday schools and I catochism. It also referred to the good work accomplished by Sister .Boys since her appointment, and to the marked success that bad attended Mr V. Fraer's work as choirmaster. Miss Fa veil has again given great satisfaction as organist, j fie also expressed his gratitude to the ' Aurchwardens and Vestry, the members jf the choir, the Servers' Guild, and all i rrho f.ad helped in the parish.' j Before Qroceediiig -with the business a ' vote of condolence was passed with the relatives of the late Mr Titchener, and reference was made to the death of Mr George Gray Russell, a benefactor of the ; church. ! The attendance was very large, and the j meeting proved to be one o,f the most en- | thusiastic and sociable held in the parish. '- The reports and balance-sheets were adopted, pleased comment being bestowed apon the splendid financial results as dis- , closed by the year's workings. The Chairman (Rev. J. L. Mortimer) referred to the good results achieved from every point of view during the past year, and suggested -the formation of a social clnb now that the war was over, a suggestion that was received with great , enthusiasm by the meeting. | The election of church officers resulted | as follows: —Vicar's churchwarden, Mr L. ! Deans Ritchie; people's warden. Mr A. J, Gall; vestrymen—Messrs Gf. Saxton. J. G. H. Briggs.'W. A. Pargiter, F. Mace, R. •B. Hill, T. Hurd, A. V. Winchester. H. l)e C. M'Arthur, P. J. Priest, and B. "Wingfield; auditor, Mr M'Arthur. After the business was disposed of tha meeting resolved itself into a very enjoy-

able social. A short but excellent profranvme had been arranged by Mr W. i-aer. The following contributed it-ems: Fraer, Tapley, and Master Wilson (songs), and Mr M'Connell (recitation). Supper, provided by the ladies, was, S3 usual, ranch appreciated.