NEW ANGLICAN CHURCH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20959, 24 August 1931, Page 10

NEW ANGLICAN CHURCH.

CEREMONY AT PUKEKOHE.

FOUNDATION-STONE LAID

[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

PUKEKOHE, Sunday

The foundation-stone of a new Anglican Church at Pukekohe was laid this afternoon, a special service being held to mark the occasion. The new church is to be built in permanent materials and will bo larger than the present wooden church which it will replace. The site selected is a little to the south of the old church, facing tho junction of Queen Street and Wesley Street. Archbishop Averill laid the foundationstone in the presence of a large congregation, using a silver trowel presented to him for the purpose by Mr. K. Bilkey, one of the church wardens. The archbishop commended tho parishioners on having put their hand at this time to the work of providing a much-needed new church. Many people would say that the present time was most inopportune to endeavour to carry through such a project, but to his mind there could be 110 better time as it was a revealing of the faith of the parishioners to undertake such a work in difficult economic circumstances.

Tho document which will repose under the foundation-stone, commemorating the occasion, was read by tho vicar, the Rev. J. P. Cowie. The Bev. C. A. Vaughan, vicar of Tuakau, and the Rev. W. C. Wood, vicar of Papakura, assisted in tho service. The new church is estimated to cost approximately £3000; at present, some £ISOO is in hand.