TIMARU PRESBYTERY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16800, 2 April 1919, Page 4

TIMARU PRESBYTERY.

81-MONTHLY MEETING. -Sr&SgtS? meet ? g oi the T"*°r (n tihc chair) T^ + agCj Moder - Toakei, R r tt h . T - St "3sK> n> C. J. tlie following eldcf; V? g ' (C, r orJs) ' a " ct ■Home Missionary ' °- Lon » The Rev. J n i,^,Cully ?£ u l) +1 w f °T l 0?r JI A : - S - Mc " (St - Andre ™>> *»d J. W reason of his%S ™ <"•**** shiftinp. and of S,,t - ' th9 cost of he womW liw» f S"W*MW£.a car, as *> ia ° rder tf ' ™ rk pother at the Point, and faer now had 1 tTchosf. mitW a - .^ r Toaker,.for the com.T?w»imended that. Jirabyttfry should ay.it down as" a + MBon S M ? rtu » ld n(>t b * called upon to,pay their own travelling »x----penses when attending meetings of Presbytery. Th«v attended 'Presbytery an the business v o f .the. oonjsregarS anC I-> an , as s«2®sment should be mad® on the latter to defray the cost, of attention *fo their business MJoclcer put the recommendation in the rorm of a motion. J5 16 * eV ' m Hall seconded, -and spoke in support of the motion. At Wangairui, he said, the members of J retfpytery were paid their expenses at each meeting. He' had attended the limaru Presbvtery for eighteen'months now, and had not received one penny for travelling expenses. ' He was sure that the, congresafcons did not wish this state of affairs to continue. , The Rev. Mr "Harried and'fie Ber. IMr Begg"spoke in''support-of the motion. The latter "said ,that ihis assessment in Southland amounted W> 16s per £IOO of stipend. ■ . The -Rev. Mi-. Tockec proposed an assessment.of 17a 6d for the' Timarn Sn?m y ' \ * W '° uld ? dd £29 P er *&i»r*¥ r B6gg mmed a * *™**~ ™ . h ** thf > assessment be 14s ™J£« und ."? JWn&r, and "the mofron was carried unanimowlv., The fter. Mi- Vinson ,«wW the ™;«T S"^*? subscriptions the debt on the Home, and the-cost of maintenance should be put on a more satisfactory footing. If 500 members -01... the church would agree to give £1 each per annum, would .be no need for any asked all Ministers to mention this to | their respective/ congregations. Fairlie and Temuka had .not yet -been caiivas-i sod on the Hqme'. " e The reportf I waa'"adoptedi.N--"';-'-' The- all . who had promised subscriptions to tbe Home were' paying up. * , Mr Stinson isaid he could not say,' ' Jmp , would maker from t£e > He had heard no complaints concerning non-payment. r -*- - It was decided, on th&'motion of the j .Revs. Harr'es'and , Stinson to invite j Mr John Bissett to conduct a mission j in'Timaru. . I The "Rfv. DrV"T3ibV .the ] Home Mission Oommititee, stafi ll^; ' tiiat l the Timnni Presbytery's 'contribution 1 to-Home M'ssions this year nad "aeon I at- £313, 'as ■ compared with i £2BB last year. - ■--.'-- { It was Tesolved that every effort he ' made to Taise the amount asked for. j This concluded the business, and the i meeting closed.' - j ' i