The Provincial Church.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XVII, Issue 6, 1 December 1926, Page 81 (Supplement)

The Provincial Church.

AUCKLAND.. The Reverend T. Gr. T. Castles, at pres* ent headmaster of Heretaunga Preparatory School, Havelock North, has been appointed to King's School; Remuera, vice Mr. Si Clifton Smith who leaves for Sydney at Christmas. The ..latter has accepted an important .position under Professor Dettman, at the Sydney Grammar School. The Reverend' C. Mortimer Jones is leaving Cambridge at the New Year and taking charge of Hastings. The Rev. E. S. Wayne has been appointed vicar of Waihi. The second contingent of C. of E. Immigration lads arrived by tie" : "^Ebro'rata " on October. 10, and have all been placed on farms. : The Bish6p Neligan Memorial Windows m S. Mary's Cathedral' were dedicated at the: Synod Eucharist, on October 14.^ V WAIAPU. _ ; . ,." ;:; '.; The Diocesan Synod began with a Choral Eucharist at which Me.rbecke's music was sung. ''. „.-. :..

The opening of the Abbcttsf 'prd ;for children at Waipawa meais an additional expenditure of about £1000 a year. - The publication of the " ' Church Gazette resulted m a deficit of £75 for theyyear.; The Gazette is to be increased next year m size by four pages. The Bishop is taking Mrs. Sedgwick Home early next year for specialist treatment. The constitution of the newly formed S. S. Association has been approved by Synod. WELLINGTON. The parish of All . Saints ', Palmerston North, has probably a larger Sunday school roll than any other parish m New Zealand, and also better equipped buildings. Each year a teachers' conference is held which attracts a great number of Sunday-school teachers from many other parishes. This year the gathering which was on Labour Day was a great inspiration and help to all who were at it. The Diocesan Conference of the C.E.M;S. was held on Labour Day at Masterton, A special feature of it was the Procession of Witness with talks at different street corners which attracted large crowds of people. Parish sales of work and bazaars have been the order of the day lately. It seems increasingly difficult, though, to get peo^ pie to attend them. Will one result of Captain Watson's visit be their discontinuance? No Anglican service has, yet been broadcasted m Wellington. The Terrace 1 Congregational service is wirelessed every Sunday evening. The Revd. B. R. White, the Organising Secretary of the Church Schools Board, is meeting with good success m his appeal for building a large central Primary Day School. A splendid work is done m meeting immigrants by the members of the Church of England Immigration Department/The work is under the able control of Mr. A. L. Hayloek. The Rev. F. G. Finch, Examining Chaplain to the Bishop is regarded as one of the "scholars" of the Diocese. He is returning to England to resume his old post as Vice-Principal of Burgh Missionary College m Lincolnshire. The Rev. O. S. Gibson, vicar of Raetihi, is the new vicar of Patea, m place of the Rev. H. B. Goertz, who goes to Eastbourne. The Rev. J. H. Datson, curate of Masterton, who was until recently a Congregational minister, has been appointed to Raetihi. CHRISTCHTJRCH. At the Advent Ordination the Revs. H. F. Ault and R. Newcombe will be advanced to the priesthood and Mr. J. Wilson, M.A. of College House will be made a deacon. Mr. Wilson is a graduate : of Canterbury College (2nd class honours m. history). He will serve his first curacy at Timaru. The bells of S. Paul's Church, Papanui, were pealed for the first time m ten years

oh Monday^ November 8. A special ser- J vice^Jnras hjelditbi mark the a former vicar of" the parishY Archde&coh Julius, was the preacher. Structural repairs to the tower have made made, it .. 'possible .to ring the bells .with safety.'; " The Diocesan Board of Education has taken over Craighead school, Timaru, from the Misses Shand,* and : wiU^ran it : as a Church school for girls. Miss Salmond, 8.A., who has been an assistant mistress at the. Edgbaston Girls'. College, Birming T . ham, has been appointed head mistress. She is expected to arrive m New Zealand towards the end of January. On October 30 the foundation stone of S. George's: Church of England Hospital was blessed by. the Bishop and laid by. His Excellency the Governor-General m the presence of a very large assembly of friends, and sympathisers. The Mother General of the Order of S. Elizabeth, of Hungary, is expected to arrive m January to make arrangements for the working of the hospital by the Sisters of the Order. The Summer School for- Sunday school teachers will be held this year m; Christchurch. The Chapel of Christ 's College will be used for the services and Bishop's Hostel and Cathedral Grammar School will be available for sleeping quarters, etc. The school will open,, on December. 29. Any who wish to join should lose no time m communicating with the Secretary, Miss R. Richards, 44 Wairarapa Terrace, Fendalton.The lecturers are Miss H. Park and the Rev. H. Monaghan, and the devotional side will be under the direction of the Rev. H. Purchas. The cost for the whole period of the school is only 25/-. The annual camp of the Boys' Bible Class Union will be held at Timaru, and with such an enthusiast as the Rev. E. Osmers to make preparations it should be even better than m former years. DUNEDIN. . The Rev. G. Digby Smith has been appointed to the cure of Palmerston. Duh : stan thus becomes vacant. The service at the Cathedral on Armistice Day was broadcasted, and transmitted well. The Archdeacon of Dunedin, asked the local clergy to meet him m order to discuss the Duplex System of Church finance. An actuarial investigation into the real condition of the Pension Fund is to be made shortly. - .' ' '' : im