St. Andrew's, Port Ahuriri.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XII, Issue 12, 1 June 1922, Page 380

St. Andrew's, Port Ahuriri.

Vicar: Rev. F. B. Redgrave, M.A.

The annual meeting passed off successfully. . The balance-sheet showed a small credit. The annual report mentioned that during- the year a branch of the Gr.F.S. and a Literary Society had been started,^nd that these, with all the other parish organisations, had done good work. "A promising feature was the number of young people who were interesting themselves m the. work of the parish. Messrs A. Ev< and F. Smith were appointed churchwardens and Mr H. J. Hull elected as Synodsman. The matter of a parish car was freely .discussed at the annual meeting, when everyone that a car was a necessity, but the difficulty was to raise the money. A surprise was sprung on the meeting by a. lady who stated that she had for some months been making various articles such as book-markers, and had thus raised £17 to go towards purchasing a parish car. If was then decided to start a fund, which it is hoped will grow rapidly notwithstanding, the hard times. There is already a lot of unemployment m the Port and Westshore districts,, and there will undoubtedly be a lot of distress during the winter months. The Vicar is always pleased to receive . gifts of used clothing to distribute to deserving families provided the clothes are clean and sound. '< '■ ■:■■■"> i " ' : ;