Waipiro Bay.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XI, Issue 11, 2 May 1921, Page 3

Waipiro Bay.

Vicar: Rev. J. Pigott. We were glad to welcome our. Bishop once again to this extensive parish. His Lordship gave us five Sundays and services were held from Cape Runaway to Tokomaru Bay. At Tuparoa the Altar Cross donated by Mrs E. R. Ludbrook, and the candlesticks donated by Mrs Anderson were dedicated at an 11 o'clock Eucharist. The congregation of Maoris and pakehas were reverent and the singing Was good. At the evening service at Kaharau a record congregation assembled for the unveiling of the memorial tablets to the fallen ■ soldiers. The Rev. Pine Tamahori presented eight candidates for Confirmation. • At Waipiro Bay the Bishop held an evening week-night service and the following morning celebrated the Holy .Communion at 7 a.m." The residents of the township gave his Lordship an afternoon on the tennis court during his stay there. °" , The Bishop spent the. whole of Palm Sunday at Tokomaru Bay, preaching at St. Andrew's at "3 p.m. and conducting a Confirmation service at] St. Mary's at 7.30 p.m. For the • latter service the congregation was rather to? b}g for the church and

extra seating accommodation had 'to be provided. The Vicar presented three candidates for confirmation and the Eev. E. M. Eriuni four can- . didates. On Monday in Holy Week the Bishop celebrated at 7.30 aii., conducted a missionary, intercession service in the afternoon and preached again at night. On Tuesday .'. His Lordship left by boat for Nanier; his addresses and the whole .orchis visit were an inspiration to us all. . It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of Mr Raymond Walter Kemp, for many years a vestryman of this district. Mr Kemp met his death whilst motoring in 'to a meeting of the County Council. He was to have taken the Bishop and the Vicar home with him on the return journey. Something apparently went wrong wi'th the steering gear and he was found on the road with the footboard jammed on his throat. He leaves a widow and an infant daughter, to whom we extend our deepest sympathy. On the same day Mr Guy Dalrymple. Reed 'died suddenly at 'Te Araroa, leaving a wife and three children to mourn 1 their loss. To them also we extend our deepest sympathy. Mr Reed "was for -some time a lay reader in the Tolaga parish and always took 'a. deep interest in Churcti work. . (The remainder of Waipiro Bay notes is held over) .