COAST NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9728, 11 June 1924, Page 5

COAST NEWS.

O&r— TGiLAGA BAY NOTES

ST. ANDREW’S ANGLICAN

CHURCH

For sumo years past, it has been felt that real progress could be made with the Church’s work in this district if a building could be erected suitable for carrying on the work of the various organisations, viz.: Boy Scouts, Boys’ Club, Girls’ Club and Ladies’ Guilds. During the vicarate of Rev. E. A. McCutcheon, a piece of land was acquired and a fund opened for tho erection of a Parish Hall, the sum of £6O being raised for this purpose. The present vicar, the Rev. E. C. R. Beale, who was appointed in February, infused new life into the work, the result being tlie organisation of a Queen Carnival. The headmaster of the Tolaga Bay School, Mr S. M. Kemp, undertook the honorary secretaryship of the carnival, which has just been brought to a successful conclusion. The vestry, and, more particularly, the ladies of the parish, took up tlie work in a most enthusiastic manner, with the result that tlie fund has grown to over £SOO, which in a comparatively small community, is most praiseworthy. The vicar wishes to record his deep appreciation of the untiring co-opera-tion and good-will, which lias been a remarkable feature throughout* tlie carnival. A meeting is to be held at the vicarage on Wednesday, in order that definite steps may be taken towards calling the tenders for the erection of the parish hall, and those who have supported the scheme may rest assured that no time will be lost in bringing the scheme to a definite realisation.

The actual coronation ceremony itself presented a real pageant of beauty, over thirty children taking part in tlie procession. The successful candidate, Bessie Amaru, representing Hauiti district, carried out her part of the programme, with queenly grace, while the other two princesses (Dorothy Craill, the Country candidate, and Margaret Holmes, representing the City), with their attendant train-bearers and pages, added to the beauty of the spectacle. Tlie high offices of the ' Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor were ■filled with fitting dignity by Messrs. H. P. do Montalk and P. Mitford Burgess respectively, while a lengthy honors list provided much amusement. In order that, the candidates might long remember this eventful evening, they were presented bv the vicar with "eld bangles, the gift ’of Messrs NasnviF' and Sons, jewellers, of Gisborne. The beauty of tho scene was greatly enhance.;! by the use of. a ' spotlight in the caynbU. hands of Mr J. L. Watson. The poi and the haka rendered bj the Maoris will never he forgotten, nor will the kapa Maori carried out in the old-time fashion under the supervision of Mr Hori Thompson. The seating accommodation of Reynolds’ Hall was taxed to*its utmost capacity iff order to accommodate what must have been a record attendance.—Special. ■