Diocese of Waiapu.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume I, Issue 8, 1 February 1911, Page 12

Diocese of Waiapu.

Bishopric Endowment i Fund. The following was sent to the lay members of Synod and all church wardens shortly after the last Session of Synod : — Sum required to be raised m the diocese, £2500; to be met with, a subsidy of £2500. Executive Committee : Archdeacon D. Ruddock, Canon F. Mayne, Canon C. L. Tuke, Mr C H. Edwards, Mr T. Tanner, Mr F. W. Williams. General Committee : Messrs S. E. Macarthy, W. Bull, Charles Edkins, J. P. Williamson, Richard Thorp, Percy J. Hammond, Percival Thorn, C. A. de Lautour, Wetini Anaru, F. G. Gregorie, J. Thornton, Thos. Tanner, J. H. Sheath, H. Burnett, F. W. Williams, E. W. Andrews, H. T. Handley, G. C. Fletcher, W. Robinson, J. A. McLean,. Edward V. Warmington, A. H. Wallis, Frank G. Magnusson, Robert Wellwood, George Ebbett, J. B. Fielder, Col. Winter, Dr E. A. W. Henley, Dr J. C. Tosswill; treasurer, Mr F. W. Williams ; secretary, Archdeacon D. Ruddock. The lay members of Synod, at its recent session held m Napier, have formed themselves into a committee pledged to use their efforts to complete the See Endowment before the 30th June, 1911. It is proposed that with the Wardens and Vestry, the Synodsmen form local committees m each parish or district, and arrange for- a systematic canvass of church people m order to raise the necessary capital. The Executive Committee urgently beg that immediate action may be taken, and a progress report furnished at the end of each month. The diocese may lose the balance of the subsidy if not claimed before the end of June next.