Martinborough Presbyterian Church.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1713, 29 July 1885, Page 2

Martinborough Presbyterian Church.

A general meeting of the co amiff. ; of the Lower Valley Presbyterian church, held On Saturday hist, at MaitinW'ioitgh. IV rent Messrs J. McLeod (chairman), H Tin) upsou, Kennedy, McLennan, .1. .M ai in ju,,., W. Boyd, McFarlane and Yum. T : . ui.irt of the various pails of tins liistiht w ■ - mil, and it was resolved to take mure tnor,'i”ji: anion in the Morrison’s P.mli uhtiict. The teceip.s for the half-year weie hinvn as fio.i I-is lid, and the minister had b '(*. i pul. il'Jn 2s lid. Some divcr.-itv of opinion wat expressed ns to the desirab;#! of shifting the Church from its prt-M-ut site. Xnu iiev Mr Patterson had Ir on wiiltcn t>, and it was understood that he approved 01 a ciiuwpu of site. A deputation was n'so appoit ted , wait upon the lion John Ji n tin r v fiti>\. l 0 his oiler of a site in Marlinbi.nmgh, p u ,i a i sv his subscription towards the <ipe usu 0 1 removing the church, it was als;, r ,. so lved to call a general meeting of *, l( , foriurei-mtiotj after the deputation lias interviewed .Mr” Martin, to get their opinion „s to the advisableness of shifting or n.ot. It was also ro.-olved that in future all, funds collected he placed in the Brink, a”-i an account he opened for that purpose, and all moneys to he dishnised by Cheque, It wag reported that them was a probability oi soon being in a position to erect the Pratherston Chuich ou the site near the Bank of Australasia, and u piomito of XsO toward the purpose still held pood.