Social Work.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume IX, Issue 24, 2 June 1919, Page 193

Social Work.

The annual meeting of the Central Committee was held m the Cathedral Library on Friday, May 16th, at 11.30 a.m. The Bishop presided, and there was a good v attendance. • \ The ' annual report and balancesheet were read and adopted. The latter showed a steady increase iri the support received. Appended is a list of contributions from the parishes :— Subscriptions, donations and offertories.- — Cathedral, parish ,£53 7s 3d ; . St. Augustines, Napier, £24 3s l.Od; Dannevirke, £5 ss ; Gisborne, £8 ; Hastings, £41 2s- 9d; Havelock North,.. £27 5s 6d; Otane, £76 iss; Ormondville, £14 2s; Opotiki, £11 Is 3d; Puketapu, £27 2s 6d; Patutahi, £8 13s; Takapau, £10 ss; Te Karaka, £1; Taradale, £6 2s 6d; Tolaga Bay, £20; Waipiro Bay £66 12s 9d; Wairoa, £6 16s 4d; Woodville, £5 9s 6d; Wiapawa, £6 14s; miscellaneous, £33 7s 9d; total, £452 17s lid. Mrs Stace explained that the absence of subscriptions from Waipukurau was due to the epidemic, which upset all their plans, but that the parish intended to redeem its character m the coming year. The gifts m kind are largely responsible for the low housekeeping bills. The report mentioned the addition made to the Home during the past year, the boon to the mothers that the . nursery had proved to Se, and the . good health of the children. ; Also that there were two ladies training for Church workers, and that the" Home had had the pleasure of a long visit from Nurse Sanders on her first furlough from Melanesia. Resolutions of gratitude for the interest and work of Archdeacon Rud dock and the late Dr. E. A. W. Hen ley were passed unanimously.