TE PUKE.

Waiapu Church Times, Volume I, Issue 5, 1 November 1907, Page 7

TE PUKE.

Vicar : Rev. W. H. Bawden. Lay Reader— Mr C. Bishoprick. Churchwardens— Messrs T. Tanner, Chas. Bishoprick. Vestry— Messrs F. Allely, H. Evered, J. McGhie, J. Fenton H. G-. Annstrong, R. Williams, J. Malyon, E. Hughes, P. F. Boucher. DIVINE SERVICES. S. John's, Te Puke— Sunday's, 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Fridays, 7.30 p.m. "Upper Mission Ha11— 7.30 p.m. 2nd and 4th Sundays in the month. Papamoa— 3 p.m. on 2nd Sunday. Tematai— 2.3o p.m. on 4th Sunday. S. Thomas', Maketu— 3 p.m. on Ist and 3rd Sundays. Pongakawa— 7.3o p.m. Ist and 3rd Sundays Matata— Monthly. The Eev. Hugh Hamilton, of Gisborne, has arrived and taken over the temporary charge of St. John's parochial district, pending; the arrival of the Eev. Geo. Digby Wilson from Australia. The Rev. W. H. Bawden has left for Opotiki via Mataea and Whakatane, and will take services at those places en route. The parishioners of St. John's Church and others interested, met in the Mission Hall on Friday afternoon for the purpose of making a farewell presentation to the Eev. W. H. Bawden, vicar of St. John's, and to Miss Bawden. Mr Chas. Bishoprick presided at the meeting and eulogised the ■work of the Eev.

and Miss Bawden in the district. It was the opinion of all that Mr Bawden had done his duty as a clergyman and citizen faithfully and' well, and the regret at his departure was general. Miss Bawden, top, would be greatly missed, as her sphere of usefulness in Te Puke had been a very wide one. Not only as an invaluable church worker . were her services in demand, but her nursing skill was always cheerfully <ind readily bestowed whenever and wherever necessity arose. Her place would be difficult to fill. He wished, on behalf of the .meeting, and of numerous others who had been unable to attend, to wish the Eev. and Miss Bawden God speed and every possible happiness in their uew sphere of work. Mr Bishoprick then presented, for the subscribers throughout the district, a purse of sovereigns to Mr Bawden as a token of their goodwill and esteem, and a similar parting gift to Miss Bawden from her numerous appreciative friends. The Rev. W. H. Bawden, in responding, said he felt that a great honor had been done him, and thanked the donors most heartily for their kind gift, which he should always regard as an evidence of their goodwill and affection. He found the parting from his parishioners and friends throughout th" district very difficult and painful now that it had actually come. The people from the beginning 'of Jiis ministry had treated him with kindness, courtesy and consideration, and he thanked them for the encouragement they had afforded him during his seven years' residence among them. He had also^ to thank them, on behalf of Miss Bawden, for their parting expression of appreciation to her. She had always regarded it as a great privilege to do any work for the church or to be of any use to any sufferer who needed her care or advice. Miss Bawden and he reciprocated the good wishes offered them, and he trusted that the people of the church and district would be abundantly blessed. The people of Te Puke would always fill a cherished place in their hearts, and they would always be .. deeply interested in the welfare of the people and the place.—" Bay of Plenty Times."