Rotorua.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 12, 1 June 1918, Page 96

Rotorua.

Vicar : Rev. K. E. Maclean, B.A,

The; . announcement.. th^,t ; ; the ..Rev. K. E. Maclean, had, on , account of ;the preeairious condition .-. of his health-, been, compelled; .ta.resign. the. . met, caused ; ,^'^e^ral >.-,r'e^PQij; though^ ( |Q. ;h ajf e^e^, alto fiSftfeoßfi^RecfedV^j^pfl:, " '^ny;.

months , , the; .state !'■. of ;'his!. Eealj^li'.had.' bee^L,]a,:. matter pi? anxiety to' r his friends^. many of. whom feared that his only chance of 'restoration lay m his. giving up the exacting work which the pastoral care of such a large district, with its widely.', scattered,. populatipn, involves.. , The resignation is not to take effect until the end of June/'ahd it was arranged .tli at , . , . .Mr , Maclean should- return: to Rptoriia at;thq."begiii•ning o£ that, month, contemporaneously with the visit ,,pf his Lordship the •Bishoi?,; and , should, iJ .possible, spend' the ; remainder . of. the; month .m ? the district. , : His. I .. I tipr,dship. ; was, .fortunately, enabled id make, an;arrangement . with the. , Eev, -C. E. . Nicholas, who has been acting as locum tenens for Mr Maclean, to. bake .charge. of the district for, a period of six. months..

Messrs Wright and Kin vig,. the, Contractors for the Soldiers' Institute^ have made .very : good, progress,., and the building : is. so ; far .advanced. as: ; to; show .that it will, from the. point; qf view of appearance, be a very effective, addition to the town. ... ,-

On Wednesday,. May Ist,; an . orchestral concert,, organised by. Messrs W. R. Fox and A.. T. Butt, with : Mr H. H. Davies, a visitor from Adelaide, was given m t^e. King's Theatre for the .purpose of raising money towards the sum required - for furnishing the Institute. The building was crowded, and. the concert: was a brilliant success from a musical ; point .of view, the orchestra, of 30 performers, many of them young people and most of them trained- by Mr W. R.f Fox, acquitting itself admirably 'under the very able eonductorshipL ?;of Mr H. H. Davies. After paying all expenses the sum of £45 was realised for the Institute Furnishing Fund.