WAIKOUAITI NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13652, 23 July 1906, Page 6

WAIKOUAITI NOTES.

(Fbom Our Own Correspondent.) 11 JUIV 2. The annual meeting oi ui« punMiioneiis ot i-uu liaiKoumu iiuiuwiiat anuria was item in M. J'.iius bwiuOirooin. Tue itev. H. u. Jones ivicarf presiuwi, and there 'Was a laaitiisruuauce. mo UiiaiKe meet snowed tiiai me year inin a, ctrau ol £4 Us ad, ami o.o s ed w.iu a ucbit, oi its u u . iu ß ou'er-lOi-iea siiow«l mi iii«m» of *lj, and tnero was, a decrease of ±7 JU subscriptions, ino l-ecwpis luciiiuwi a donation ot fla from ma jjhu.wi' liiu.u, an otiencry oi lis Icr ti.e -Maori miss.ou, and i\j u from the bun-nay smiool lor tbe Alcrfwicsian iUistiou. Besides ordinary expjnu.tjine tho sum oi .l' 3 Ss had been spent on repairs and preparation oi leases. Too vicar, in moving Uio adootioii oi. tho bailee sheet, said tuo work of iriie .iirgo area, both within tho St. John's tiisti'.Lt and ouuide of it, under tho care of himself-ami the Kcv. J. Monand, had gone a.oiig quietly during tho year. Tweuiy-iive males and 20 leuu.es had been confirmed, and if the olfeiiones contributed at the .Native Church, ir'uketiraki, were included, the sum of £'21 had be-cn raised in aid of the Maori mission. Tho parish had been dcparcchialised, but, us he had had no instructions to the contrary, the meeting womd elect a vestry as had formerly been tho custom. The following were then elected-.-Messrs T. Allcock (vicar's warden), A. Heckler (people's warden), P. Hccfc.er, Lawrence, Morrison, Thomson, Townsend. Dempsey, and Preston (vestrymen). 'Die Vicar stated that he had had made to him an offer of a pipe organ for £80, which originally cost £100, and tho vestry wished the meeting to decide as to the advisabloiiess of purchasing it. The instrument would be too big for tho present organ chamber, and would have to be placed at the west end of tho church. The meeting decided that, if the vicar approved of the instrument on examination, it be purchased, and subscriptions were promised in the room, the I-adios.' Guild also offering to hold a special s.ilo in aid of the 'proposed organ. Tho superintendent of the Sunday School (who had resigned office) wa9 strongly urged to continue .in charge, at least for another year, this being the wish of'all present. The usual votes of thanks to the various church workers were then accorded, after which refreshments were handed round by the ladies.

Sergeant Burrows, who is leaving Waikonpiti, having boon transferred to °Christclmrch, was ontcr'ained ai a farewoll social in St. 'John's Schoolroom on Friday evening. Tlio Mayor (Mr B. W. Fall) presided, and the room was filled with a. representative gathering. In ihe_ course of his remarks the Mnyor referred in highly complimentary terms to the conscientious and satisfactory maimer ill which Sergeant Burrows had carried out his duties daring the cisht and a-half years he had spent in the district, and also to the esteem in which ho and Mrs Burrows were held. Jlrs Burrows was presented with a purse of sovereigns on behalf o.' her many friends, and she was aI»o the recipient of a handsome tea service from Hie St. John's Church choir, with which her husband aid sous had been associated. During the evoning musical items were given by Jlessr.l Temp'.eton (2), M. Martin, and Valentino ('2), and refreshments were also provided. After a most successful season the local Dairy Factory mil close on Friday next, 27th inst. About 170 tons of cheese have been made, and although lOd per lb of butter fat has been paid throughout the season the milk suppliers will _ shortly receivo a substantial b:mi3 in addition.

The Golden F'eecc Hotel has been lal;»" by Mr James Summers, who intendi running it from the Ist prox. as a good boardinghouse. Being in the centre of (lie town i< will fiv'fil a. want felt by travellers and others and should prove a successful venture.