Ormondville.

Waiapu Church Gazette, 1 August 1910, Page 26

Ormondville.

Vicar: Rev. M. Coclcerill. li.A. Rain ! raia ! rain ! Fires within and the water without— these are the engrossing subjects of attention. Surely the rainfall of the three weeks previous to this 14th July forms a record. Almost all outdoor work is at a standstill. The rainfall is exceptional even for Ormondville, and that is saying much. Taking the year all round, however, the amount of wet weather m this Parish is a serious obstacle to Church work. Last Spring, out of thirteen Sundays ten were wet! The Church Wardens, who depend chiefly upon the offertories for their revenue, began to look grave. There is little of Church news to record beyond that foreshadowed last month. Mr. Tom Hosking has left for his new sphere of work at Otorohanga, and received a very cordial send-off. By the time this is printed Mr. John Kain will have left Makotuku and the work of a Schoolmaster for sheepfarming m the Gisborne district. On Sunday evening next, after service, it is intended to give him,, on behalf of the congregation, a handsome Prayer Book and a Hymn Book, accompanied by a framed address, of which the following is the wording :— " Church of Oar Blessed Saviour, 11 Makotuku, July 18, 1910. "To Mr. John Kain, " We, the Congregation and the Minister of the above Church, on the eve of your departure from among us, desire, with the accompanying slight token of our esteem, to express to you the sense of our loss m your departure. "From time to time, during a term of 5 years, you have filled the office of Lay Reader with credit to yourself and benefit to us. " You have also been a member of our Choir and of the general Parish Vestry. As one of the congregation and of the eommnnity generally, you have, by your

uniform courtesy, tact, genial cheerfulness, and ever-ready help, gained a place m our hearts. "In bidding you and Mrs. Kain ' Parewell,' we trust that God may be with you m your new work and home and bless you both." On Sunday last, the 10th, the annual prize distribution to the Sunday School 'children took place at Makotuku. So far as the attendance goes for the past twelve months there is much room for improvement, It must be said, however, that at the New Year the School was seriously disorganised owing to the want of a Superintendent. Now that Mrs. Cockerill has taken charge it is hoped the children will attend more regulai'ly, und they are receiving. every encouragement to. do so. At Whecukura Mr. Lucas has been kindly planting ornamental trees m the Church section. They can be growing while our Church Building Fut.d is growing. Our section of land at this place is a very unlevel piece of ground, hilly, and with the makings of a little creek running obliquely through it. But, just on that very account, if trees are planted m the right places and a rustic bridge is made across the creek on the way np to the Church (when it comes), the section could be made to form a Church site quite unique for its picturesqueness. BAPTISMS. Constance Olive Daisy Baines, Iris Mona Brenkley, Elsie Laura Atkinson.