NEW CHURCH AT MURITAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 722, 22 January 1910, Page 10

NEW CHURCH AT MURITAL.

■ ■"■■ TO BE OPENED TO-MOEBOW.' " i The i»w Anglican Churoh . of. East> bourne, which has been erected -at. the end of ■ Ngaio Itoad, Mnritai, , is to'be dedicated .'to-morrow afternoon, i.>. The church; whioh stands'- irii , a'-.-convenient position on over half van acre, of, land,.is one of the first -buildings, to be'ereoted. in'cammerated , concrete \in i-WellingtonV This form'- of '■: construction consists of -.'a double'.wall' of .concrete; with an air space in'<botween,.,whichi'besides '"acting: as, a'i'damp- course, assists' materially r tho ventilation.- -The church 1 , ,whiph;is;'. ; d«aignedoiicoiventioiial. old' English' liies,.is'finished in white rough; cast, .which contrasts pleasingly'with^the'.red'of the' asbestos-tile'd'roof; ...From the'roof'ridge in'front of the: church /rises a ' gracefulspire i(withV,belfry),'.the: point .of -which' is about 60 feet from-the' grouna." The' square-of. the building: ineasnres 35 feet (ffoniage) by: 60 feet, ■'■ which includes : a side' vestry : and choir entrance.."' The' chancel ..'contains provision for d,choix, which it isvhoped .to- organise later; on. •The interior .of. tho. church is finished, is white', plaster, ..with; a raftered.; ceiliiig of ;oiled.'jaitah. -'.The., Jwiidowe '~ are -.of muffled.;. cathedral. glass,'. pink-tinted, so as ;to .tlufow:a..,subdued.,light:in .the'daytime. .Seating^.accbmmodatioa' is-.pro-vided-, for 143 .people. ; v- : ''■'■■■■■'-. '- .'' : ■'■The .' church, .which.' was dosigned by Mr. 3?. de J. Clere, and built by. Mr. W. H. : Niiniho, cost '.£7so' approximately, and after.;paying for, the':, land,: and building ..there- will'-be ; a debt'of about X6oo'6n the-property.'''.'..'-bK-.;.:r;-; ; ;-' ; :; ;: :;.-.v^'" ■; .^o. ; parti<OTlar; ninne has so far ':been given- vthe/;riew : ' ohurch.,"■ ItVwill: 'be . attached ■to the Hntt parish;:, and-will be visited'once! a- month,:by , the vicar,: the Tte'v.'- Joahtia ■ Jones. vAt qth«r-; tiiaes,; will, : for v; a .tune, : ' to come •■ at 'least,,;be, cbndncted-.by .lay ..preachers. ;..