COAST PRIEST GETS ONLY 25 GALLONS OF PETROL TO COVER 3500-SQ. MILE PARISH

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22585, 13 March 1948, Page 4

COAST PRIEST GETS ONLY 25 GALLONS OF PETROL TO COVER 3500-SQ. MILE PARISH

WMTH probably three of the largest parishes in the country, the three clergymen living in Tokomaru Bay and Waipiro Bay have more mileage to cover than the majority of their brethren.

During the war the petrol allocation to the three incumbents was 45 gallons each, but the new allocation is only 25 gallons—lo more than for a town parish. This ration takes no account of the size of the car. nor of the territory to be covered.

ington with the terse statement “Application Declined.” The Presbyterian minister, the Rev.' W. McSkimming, also lives in Tokomaru Bay and his parish extends fromHicks Bay to Whangara. The Church of England vicarage is at Waipiro Bay and from there the Rev.

Resident in Tokomaru Bay, Father W. J. Bowling has a parish extending from Tikitiki in the north to Whangara in the south, a total area of something like 3500 square miles. Yet to cover this large parish his complete petrol allowance for the month is 25 gallons. Application for an increase in these amounts has been returned from Well-

W. G. Bird covers a parish from Hicks Ba J *°, half-way between* Tolaga Bay anc * Tokomaru Bay. It is understood that representations are being made to a higher authority to have the allocation increased and the matter may be brought to the notice of the Minister concerned.