Gisborne.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume I, Issue 6, 1 December 1910, Page 15

Gisborne.

Vicar : Rev. L. Damon Thomas. Assistant Priest: Rev. W. H. Roberts. Ladies' Sewing Guild.— Our Parish' is wealthy indeed m the enthusiasm of its lady workers. There are two separate work parties' meeting regularly. The session of the Guild meets m the Parish Schoolroom weekly and is working hard for the Building Fund of the new ; Parish Church. In the suburb of Mangapapa there is another band of enthusiastic ladies who are doing yeoman work for building a Church m that suburb. A Sale of Work held recently there brought m a sum of .nearly £50 gross. Both Guilds are planning large efforts for the future. ; Flower Shoio.—Ow: Trinity Ladies' Guild, ; with the assistance of friends organised a rose and general floral exhibition la»t month m aid of the Parish Church Building Fund. Favoured with most beautiful weather the effort was crowned with compie te success, considerably over £100 being taken on the one day of the exhibition; The display of flowers was a revelation as to the beauty and variety of locally-grown flowers and fruit. The ladies are already preparing for a dahlia and chrysanthemum show m the Autumn. Apart altogether from the proceeds flower shows should be encouraged m every Parish m the Dominion. - They have an educational value that is difficult to overestimate. ' Assistant to the Vicar.— After a long and tiresome wait this Parish has now a resident Assistant Priest. Rev. W.H. Roberts, for some time Vicar of the Parochial District of Te Karaka, a huge country district inland from Poverty Bay, has accepted the post and is now working here. In this, the largest Parish m the Diocese m point of population, there is pleniy of work for three clergy. It is our Bishop's wish that Gisborne may some day take for training a Deacon or a student for Holy Orders. We believe that there is a splendid opening m the Parish for a Deaconess. We should very much like to see one of the Kilburn sisters resident here. a Sunday School Vacation.— At the end of this month our Sunday Schools will close for three or four weeks for the Summer vacation. It is our firm opinion that children and teachers come back to their work after a vacation all the better fitted for the year's work that lies before them.