CHURCHWARDENS' CALLINGS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12536, 30 December 1933, Page 3

CHURCHWARDENS' CALLINGS.

(Vhen preparing the list of churchwardens in the diocese (says the “Nelson Diocesan Gazette”) .it occurred to the writer that a classification of the profession, trade, calling, or whatever a man’s occupation may be called, would be interesting. The descriptions given in the annual returns show a great variety. There is one each of the following: Orchardist, clerk, salesman, carrier, grocer, railway guard, district engineer, stationmaster, mercer, plumber, sayy-miller, secondary schoolmaster, shop assistant, accountant, stock agent, railwayman, home duties, postmaster. doctor, orchard instructor, and battery manager. There are two bank managers, electricians, and carpenters. There are three schoolmasters blacksmiths, and miners. There are four who have retired from their callings, and there are twenty-one farmers. It can scarcely be said that the church people are narrow-minded in their selections Farmers predominate with twenty-one representatives; twentyspven different callings are distributed among the remaining forty.