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Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume I, Issue 11, 1 May 1911, Page 176

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Vicar : Rev. O. W. Wilson. The Tokomaru Bazaar: The Tokomaru bazaar was held on March 23rd and 24th. Of the bazaar, we cannot now write m any detail. Upwards of £200 was taken on the stalls, and there is more to come m. Donations at the time of writing amount to some £400, including the magnificent donation of half-an-acre of freehold property, and £350 from Mr W. Busby. Everyone worked like Trojans. It is impossible for the Vicar to find words m which to express his intense gratitude for the loyal and altogether splendid way m which the people of Tokomaru worked. This bazaar marks, we are convinced, a new era m the history of the Church on the East Coast, and not only is a beau-

tiful brick church to be built, but better still the church people are alive to' their responsibilities. At a meeting held m conjunction with the bazaar, *on the motion of Mr W. Busby, seconded by Mr Rowley (manager of the Bank of New South Wales, Tokomaru), and carried unanimously, the following gentlemen were appointed Trustees of the Tokomaru Church Building .Fund, viz., Messrs G. Busby (chairman), T. G. Buchanan, R. Murphy, and W. Oates, sen., hon. secretary and treasurer. The meeting concluded with cheers for Mr Busby.