WAIMATE NOTES

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8294, 24 September 1903, Page 3

WAIMATE NOTES

iFrom Our Own Correspondent.) On Tuesday evening last the Rev. J. A. Seek. New Zealand agent of the British BlForviim Bible Society, made his annual vsit to Waimate, and delivered a PiighlyiniEKstini lecture on the work of the eoity k Russia, Siberia, China, and Korea. lirating the lecture with very good iani«i pictures, which were much admired by isprtsentatrve meeting of the members of !fc Prut,stant Churches in Wai'mate. That were one hundred and twenty persons psam. The- Mayor (Mr John Manchester) ttnpied the chair on the occasion. and_ in ittwdacing the lecturer spoke of the aims at work of the parent society in translator, printing, and distributing the Holy jnptures in all parts of the~wor!d, ever Jceaiing the number of Bibles incircuatinn during the hundred years" existence tftlte society, so that, notwithstanding the fe from constant wear and tear the numjferof Bibles and portions of Scrrpture are mtinnally on the increase. The Revs. IT. SSian. A. Morrison, and W. Tinsley took pit in the devotional items of the prosamme. Mr Spencers lecture and iliustac'ons. appealing as they did to_ ear and <p, were- apparently well appreciated by the Mdi:nc--. The "meeting was held in 4e Sc. Augustine's Church Hall, which ~"» kindly granted for the occasion by Mr Gibson, incumbent of St. Augustine's. Hymns were sung by the meeting from tees dearly thrown on the screen and Mdable in ail p.irts of the- hail during time "' cik-curation. Mr Spencer directed theKtsstinn nf his hearers to the fact of the Wssary of the soci-.-ty cccurring in March, SW. and limed on M increased and more"Ctaied efforts in aid of the funds of _tte •oety dnrirg the centenary year. A fahrly "t'lcolkctinn was taken at the meeting If the treasurer (Mr P. Rinse!!). It mcy mention -d that ;1k Committee of the branch of the society is arranging 5» meetinss in Waimate and some of the centres for sp cial effort for inwascd support during the coming year. Sifcarman street is "now closed to_ wheel '"Sc in con«ouer.<» of the Council's con*iCor (Mr R. Campbell) being emrased in lowering parts of the street with the !** of Effect ins much-needed improvement "ilrainasre in this street and locality. The *"£ is being carried on under the superman of Mr"R. G. Baxter. C.E. In co.nwith this work there will be also out improvements in the levels of Wasitow a r -reet an< j victoria terrace. Ott Tuesday last to interred in Waimate wjfetirv Mr- P. Quinn. for long-time _a SsiSint farmvr of Makikihi. Deceased did J* hug survive hit brother, the well)?'WH fiirmfr Mr Nicholas Quinn. of Ma•iiiii. who died a few weeks ago. On Wed&fc? was buried Mr Beckingbam. of Wain's, long and well known m the town. *wre he succersfallr started and worked •w«t and shoe- shop. He was respected "Tail who knew him: and died after a Otter protracted period of illness at the W of 67.