Girls' friendly Society.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XIII, Issue 5, 1 November 1922, Page 417

Girls' friendly Society.

The 20th annual meeting of the Girls' Friendly Society was held m St. John's Schoolroom" on October 11th, there being a very fair attendance of members and of associates. The Very Rev. Dean Mayne presided arid the following clergy ' were present: — Canon Rice, the Rev. T. Fisher and F. Redgrave, an apology for absence being" received from His Lordship the Bishop of Waiapu. The annual Diocesan, the Lodge, and 'the Literature balance-sheets were read arid adopted, also branch reports from St. John's Cathedral, St. Augiistijne's and St. Andrew's, Napier-, Wairoa* Clive and Hastings, the chairman remarking all were very' satisfactory. Officers were elected as follows;-— President, Mrs Sedgwick; vice-presi-dents, MeSdames Stopford, Hansard, Mayne, Euddock aiid H. Williams; secretary, and treasurer, Mrs E. Cornford; auditor, Mi* Hansard; ; literature associate, Miss Mitf ord-

Taylor;" niemibfers of council, Deaconess Esther Brand, Mesdames Fannin, Simkin, Nelson, Leask, Misses King, Pallot, Holmes, Twigg; Lodge House committee, Mesdames Hansard,- Murdoch, Simkin, Cornf ord, Smith, Misses Pallot, King, McLean and-Twigg. Votes of thanks- were accorded Mr Hansard, hon, auditor, Mr and Mrs Stopford, Miss May ne, Mrs Rice- and Miss Makeig (matron of G.F.S. Lodge). The president (Mrs Sedgwick) gave a short account of the paper laid before the bishops at General Synod relating . to Central rule 3 and how the Archbishop had replied stating the whole of the bishops were m complete agreement with the views expressed therein and that. he himself had written to the Central Council urging the modification of this rule. The chairman m a few concluding remarks expressed his pleasure at the satisfactory condition of affairs. (The annual statement of accounts and the reports of branches will appear m an inset to the " Gazette "m our next issue).