WINTON

Southland Times, Issue 23380, 11 December 1937, Page 21

WINTON

ANGLICAN CHURCH NEW VICAR INSTITUTED At Holy Trinity Church, Winton, the Rev. W. L. S. Harbour, L.Th., formerly curate of All Saints, Dunedin, was instituted as vicar of the Winton-Otau-tau parochial district. The service of institution was conducted by the Bishop of Dunedin (the Rt. Rev. W. A. R. Fitchett), assisted by the Archdeacon of Southland (the Rev. J. A. Lush). There was a big congregation, and visiting members of the clergy included the Revs. F. L. Irwin (Riverton), S. A. Hurd (All Saints, Invercargill) and W. W. Powell (Gore). The Lessons were read by Mr Irwin and Mr Hurd. . After the service a social gathering was held in the Returned Soldiers’ Association club rooms. There was a big at MessrsL. G. de la Perrelle and H. R. Wilsori, on behalf of the Winton and Limehills congregations respectively, extended a welcome and thanked Archdeacon Lush and Mr Irwin for their services during the vacancy in the parochial district. The Rev. J. Newlands extended a welcome on behalf of the Presbyterian community. The Bishop said it was very gratifying to see such a big gathering and he was very happy that the vacancy in the parochial district was now filled. He trusted that members would give their new vicar, a young man, every assistance in his work among them. Mr Harbour, in reply, thanked the gathering for its welcome and said it was his wish to co-operate with the parishioners in every way. During the evening solos were sung by Miss Dorothy Olive, Mrs F. L. Irwin (Riverton) and Mr de la Perrelle, the accompaniments being played by Mrs M. G. McArthur and Miss B. Moore. EXPERIMENTAL FARM The annual report of the Winton experimental and demonstration farm states: “The 1936-7 season was a favourable one for grass growth, as is shown by the increased production of the dairy herd. The 35 cows milked produced 6677.581 b of butterfat, compared with the 54991 b from 33 cows the previous season. Early in the year 20 acres of grass were sown, 10 acres of certified perennial ryegrass. and the same area of superior Southland old pasture perennial ryegrass seed, and to graze these trials a flock of 123 hoggets were purchased. A field day was held in February and was well attended. “Messrs D. H. McLean, J. J. Blakie, H. Carswell and J. G. Hazlett carried on as memt..'s of the committee until early in 1937, when Messrs J. H. Thompson, W. Calder, J. Ewan and R. King and Dr P. Gow were elected. Consequently no election will be necessary this year. “At thg end of the dairying season the committee decided to change from dairying to sheep, and this was done before the end of the financial year. The committee was influenced in this decision largely by the fact that this type of farming more readily lends itself to experimental work in measuring results, besides being more typical of the farming of the province and hence more popular with the farming community.”