Gisborne.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XI, Issue 12, 1 June 1921, Page 283

Gisborne.

Vicar: Rev. Canon H. Packe, M.A. ' Assistant Priest: Rev. T, A? Cato. -A farewell was given to the Rev. W,,T. and Mrs Drake at the end of - April.^ Mr Drake was presented with a Kaiapoi woollen rug by Mr H. J. Clayton on behalf of the Mangapapa . parishioners, and with an electrp- , plated entree dish by Mr Gambrill on behalf of the Kaiti congregation. Appreciative and feeling "reference was made to Mr Drake's efficient and loyal work by the Vicar and others. A presentation of a Teachers' Bible and Hymn Book was also made to Mr Drake by the teachers and children of Holy Trinity Sunday School. The annual meeting was held on May 2nd. The report was considered highly satisfactory, The Vicar appointed Dr. J. W.- Williams as Vicar's warden, Mr C. E. Armstrong was appointed parishioners' warden. A resolution was passed thanking Mr E. Plumer Mountfort for his excellent services as parishioners' warden for the past four years, during which time the parish debt had been reduced by £1800. It was also resolved „v tov to write to Mr Redwasd thanking him for his splendid and untiring services as treasurer during the year. The following were elected vestrymen: — Messrs Dobson, Gambrill, Cato, Hill, Renwick, Thomas, Withers, Redfern, Muir and Elle.ry; "auditor, Mr "V. Pyke. ; We record, with disappointment, the giving up of the Bush Brotherhood house m Gisborne, which would have been a great power for good m the parish. (Notes boiled down by the Editor).