THE MAYOR'S BANQUET.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 535, 27 September 1871, Page 2

THE MAYOR'S BANQUET.

!We are glad to hear that the long\t a lkod pf .banquet to the members of thiLCity Council will come off' this) evening. %ere has been a good deal of harmless fuji, -at' the delay, and the " Man .about ToflM," and that uobnrppy youth Dick, who se^ 3 to have not yet returned from the country bavecoften expressedi groat aoxiety pn r th<* subject, However, it comes* to pass "this evening at tit. Muiigo's Cafe* and we have no doubt that with the able cateriug of Mr. Canning,; pur ; worthy Mayor and his guests will spend'a pleasant evening.l '<V!#'i?ffigb.,we shall,not be, present pu the; occasion, not having received an invita- j tipn, jWje sbj^li be: v^ry happy ,to heai\ of -a: very convivial meeting, and hope that; the guests onditheic phiot'.will ; eom,e forLh like giants refreshed to do tattle against the; foes of Auckland. , ;•;.,

• a^nwersaky tea. meeting. The anniiul tea meeting of the TJr"''n-street Wesleyuii Sunday-school was he'1 * 011 Tuesday [ in their neat little chapol. -"Teeraan's Bay. . About 300 persons saX "vwn to fcoa- l'"o 1 room was tastcf^ decorated with evoi--1 greens, bari '"l. '' ,w IICU Save a Phasing »PDP<- c whole- Aftet tile fcables t /xoeen cleared away, the Rev. J, Buller (Chairman of the district) wus called to the chair. He said it would be wholly oub-r place for him to occupy the meeting, aa/ hud before him a very long programme, cculd not help expressing the vervgreafc pleasure he felt in boing present jn t!l! s. occasion. He was glad he was h*' e> *°r' absent, he must have lost a great "I' cat' as ' J0 had always watched with pleo* 1™ tne P 1' 0' gress of this Sabbath-school fom its earnest days to the present momei»- tle thought that he found here to-nigl* & goo<i commentary upon the text—" Whatsoever a man finds t 0 do, do it with all thy might."—lie remarked that it must be very satisfactory to the leather and tins friends- of the school that, after having had extraordinary difficulties to contend with in days gone hr> now they had before them a dCll(!°1 second to none in importance in ♦■''c Larcuit. 'Ihey had clone in the pas* » Bood share , of rough w.,1, ™d now they hal. comparatively smooth work beforn them. Their Superintendent had not a little share of the work to his lot, and ho was sure that if it were not for the devoted zeal and Christian forbearance of their Superintendent, tho school could not have kept its place. He remembered the time when the teachora of Union-street had "to sow in.tears," but now, thank God,- they were "reaping in joy." When he viewed last Sunday the school full of happy face 3, he could not help saying to-night, " What had Q-od wrought." Tho amount of good that had been accomplished would be only fully reaEsed in the world to come. Ho had filso to mention ono fact, which was a very pleasing one to him, and that was, that after this anniversary the school would be completely out of debt, and this was cause of thankfuln<sS, seeing that many improvements had taken place tince their last anniversary ; el .as rooms hud boon erected, and a gallery built, and he was sure that tho friends of Unionstreet had great reason to congratulate themselves upon the amount of success that had atti-nded their labours in tho past, and to take courage for the future. He thought that before their next anniversary they would be able to build a place as big again, as the school was growing so largo that they would soon have no room for the children if they did not.—Mr. Trigg, secretary pro ton., read the uiinunl report: "It is witli devout gratitude to God thut we have to submit to the meeting our annual report. Whalover diflieulties we have hud to contend with have been more thnn compensated by the measuro of success thai has attended our labours. Many of the children have given their hearts to the Saviour, and havo connected themselves with this section of the Church of Christ. Our special serv.cps have b'-on the mouns of much spiritual good. Our monthly prayer-meetings have been well attended by the scholars, a? many o« sixty remaining with us on those occasions. We are thankful thut no deaths have occurred in the past year. Our senior classes have been wl-11 attended, and a marked improvement in the punctuality of each. And wo hope that the seed sown will spring up, and an abundant liarvt'Bt be reapod to tho glory of God. Our infant classes, which number about GO, are conducted hi a separate room, which we find to work well. AVo have separate services and addresses for them, conducted by ono of tho teachers in turn, cjpuuking of tho school, us a whole, wo arc thankful ito Almighty God that the children have advanced botli mentally and spiritually, and we endeavor, by God's grace, to always kei-|> before us the conversion of the scholars. As teachers we feel tho importance of the work, and the mcd of continual consecration of ourselves to the wort which God Inia called us to. In the JJr«t year our library was increased, but still it is not equal to the want* of the aclioo.', and wp (toiifidentlynppoal to our friends .for aid in the nial.n-r. The number of scholars on the book* i Boys, i:J7 ; girls, 138 ; totnl 375; admitted during the year, 03 ; left, 31. Average attendance : Days'l^9 ; girls, 131. Largest aftbuidooee since the school opened— 100 nioihiug, and 201 in the afternoon. JSJuuibi'r of teachers (not including olficors ami teachers)—l4; average attendance, 11. Dr.—To balanw duo, lls. 7d.; cost of gullery, £10 28. lid. j printing, &c, £9 25.; library books, £5 3a. 6d. ; sundries, £14 16s. Gd. Total, £39 16s. 6:1.— Cr.— By cash received! £2 Us. 7d.; collections, 1-18 19s. 5d.; subscriptions forso.iU,£Bl'J.3. (id. Total, £3!) 16j.Gd".— Tho adoption of tho report was moved by Mr. F. Butley, and seconded by Mr. Quo. Hemus, and .carried.—Key. O. W. itigg, Rev. J. J. Lewis, and Messrs. Atkin, VVulsinan, and Rhodes addressed the meeting.—A cordial vote of. thanks w.as given to tho ladies, and was carried by acclamation. —The choir gave a nice piece which they had prepared, whifch was w«U appreciated.—.l bo following are the ladies who presided at the trays:—Mt'sdames flemus, Waterhaiwo, Cum, Banbury, Atkin, French, Parker, Trigg, Khodes, and Hose.—The meeting.closed by the. benediction being pro-: "uounced.