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Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XV, Issue 2, 1 August 1924, Page 429

WMtea. ™ MORE SUBSCRIBERS: Our circulation has gone up 50 copies, if our readers cared to interest themselves' in the matter we could easily reach a circulation of' 2OQ0; m which case the " Gazette* ?: would pay. But, as it is, it seems alriiost certain that Synod will be compelled either to cut but "The Churchman" or cut us doAvn again to eight pages. If subscribers wish to avoid this we miust have 500 ihore names by the end of August. We should be sorry to lose * ( The Churchman. " As a provincial paper established by Gfeneral Synod it is our duty to support it m the hope that' it may become by and bye a powerful, organ of the whole New Zealand Church, it cannot do this without the support of the various dioceses. Two of the largest dioceses haAre turned it down, so it is therefore the more important that we should remain loyal; but the expense is too great for us to bear unless we can increase the number of our subscribers. We have this year adopted various suggestions of the Synod "Gazette" Committee ; we have inserted an pes-: casipnal sermon, so as to make the ".Gazette" as one speaker expressed ! it, ' 'fit to read on Sunday ; we have - inserted an pccasional simple article from the "Church Army Gazette"; : Aye have inserted a few "provo l catiye" articles to arouse cprrespondr ence, but have failed, except m one case, to evpke any response ; we have done our best to support the clergy ■ by dealing Avith various aspects of ' Church teaching; we have tried to avoid dullness. But our circulation has not greatly increased. If we are" cut down to eight pa^es again a great deal of our; space will necessarily be taken in* with official reports and columns of figures. We are coh--vinced that many more people would become subscribers if they were only asked to dp sp. Archdeacon Chattertpn has a circulation m his parish of 240. If every parish had a circulation m proportion we sjiould hiaye to issue about 5000 copies per month! And the extra revenue would enable us to improve the "Gazette" immensely. There is yet time to pbtairi 500 more sub-, scribers before Synod meets. Who will help? : ■ '