THE CHURCH ARMY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 5001, 16 October 1918, Page 7

THE CHURCH ARMY.

r 'THIS work was commenced in New. -*• Zealand at a service at Manga-1 toro (Hawke’s Bay) on Asli 'Wednesday, 1910, when a self-denial fund was inaugurated for the Army by Bishop Averill (now of Auckland), and afterwards carried on in. the Weber district, sheepfarmers there assisting by giving their black' wool. The amounts received . each year ending June 30tli, by the Hon. Sec. at Ormondville, are :

HUTS FROM HAWKE’S BAY TO AUGUST 30/1S: —

Gardens. 3 918—8486 10 8 for AVar Work. The first New Zealand,? Church Army Hut was started witli a donation 'of £2OO from the i-Waipukurau A. and P. Association's Sale of Stock, on April %J®t, 1917; singe that date 27 have ,/tfeen given. On October TOttf, 1917, at a oon4 ference at AVelli-n gt on,, ,-th©sChuy eh t Army representative int New -Zeallind s ijgrees? to join i j&ry Affairs Committee, so tha|£ in future, all war work of the Church of England could be cohnoinedlf Contributions are used primarily for the benefit of New ZealaruE soldiers. ? t _ One department of this conjoined work is to equip and maintain!.recreation huts at all fronts and damps. One hundred of the huts provided by tho Church Army in England have been lost to the enemy, leaving about eight hundred for the use of our troops. Up to August 30th, 1918, 27 huts ’ have been subscribed for in New Zealand, and are taking the' place of some of the lost ones at the front. Our huts are open to all, irrespective of creed or nationality. Subscribers in the Dominion also provide for the upkeep of hospitals, parcels to prisoners of war, Institutes in New _ Zealand, camps and ’.Rotorua. Chaplains at home and at the front. In fact the soldiers of the Empire are helped in every possible way by the Military Affairs Committee and Church Army. Our Huts bear the names of the district or Patriotic Society or Club giving them as shown under, andeach costs £5 weekly to maintain. 1

Since the above was published on October 1, the following account has 5 been sent by the Bishop of Auckland:—“The" result of our special effort to replace the lost 100 Church Army Huts shows that up to September 21st we have raised money for 11 C.A. Huts at £SOO each, and also a fair amount of money for the upkeep of the same. AVo hope to have the twelfth ready soon. After that I think we have dene our hit towards replacing the lost lints.” AA 7 ord has also come from the Horn Local Secretary of the Church Army in Southland that a continued effort is being made for the Red Cross, Mercantile Marine, and Church Army, and the Church Army is guaranteed £SOOO ©f the amount raised, for its war work.

, YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A PRACTICAL APPRECIATION OF i THIS EMPIRE WORK. * To the Secretary, Military Affairs Committee, 20 Mulgrave St., AVellington, or to Rev. H. Paeke, Hon. Sec. C.A. at Gisborne.

£ s. d. 1910— 34 8 0 for London poor. -Ml— 11 18 1 for London poor. 1914-V-; 11 15 0 for London poor. 1915--'%S 0 9 for C.A. War Hospital. 1915— 25 0 0 for Christmas Dinners. 1916— 63 9 6 for Christmas Dinners. 1916— 110 0 0 for C.A. War Hospital. 1917— 143 10 0 for Christmas Din- . ners. 1917— 240 0 0 for Waipukrirauit et;r eat ion Hut. 1917— 87 in ' 3-for C.A. War Hos1 ,/ pital. 191S— 176 6 10 for (Christmas Din1918—' 1 0 0 iovMO.k. Allotment

£ s. d. 1. Waipukurau 578 13 1 2. Takapau 280 9 4 3. Maori 500 0 0 4. Oi’mondvillej & district 405 13 9 5. Hastings, Havelock & Clive 6. Knox Naval. Given by CO 10 15 9 t\v 0 ladies of Norse-wood-Ormondville Histrict 750 0 0 7. Napier No. 1 182 10 0 8. Napier District No. 2 466 0 0 9. Dannevirke and Weber 441 0 3 10. Kotorua 528 11 6 il. Otane, Pukehou, Elsthorpe 262 1 9 12. Tautane Kitchen Car 1025 0 0 Sunday Hut Day Collection 477 6 11 To replace lost huts... 100 0 0 Trench Comforts given in . Huts TOO 0 0 WELLINGTON DIOCESE C.A. - HUTS TO AUGUST 30/18-.- £ s. d. !3. M.A.C. Gift to C.A. 1.000 0 0 14. Manawatu C.A. Hut 500 0 0 15. Wairarapa C.A. Hut 500 0 0 16. Levin C.A. Hut 200 Q 0 . Wanganui Tent 150 0 0 1.8. Wanganui Jockey Club Hut 500 0 0 19. Manawatu Jockey Hut 500 0 0 20. Hiuvera Hut 650 .0 0 AUCKLAND DIOCESE TO \ AUGUST 30th:— £ s. d. $21. Eltliam County C.A. \ Hui& ... 500 0 0 Te jfjjroka Piako 716 0 0 9 1.- i 500 0 0 21. Auckland No. 1 ... 500 0 0 For Hut Fund 84 0 0 25. Auckland No. 2 500 0 0 26. Auckland No, 3 500 0 0 27. Auckland No. 4 500 0 0 For up-keep of Taranaki Hut 190 0 0 Sundry other donations to Hut Fund 110 0 0