HUTT AND PETONE NEWS. (From Our Special Correspondent.)

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1514, 9 August 1912, Page 5

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS. (From Our Special Correspondent.)

4 The twenty-third annual meeting of Si'. David's Church members and adherents whs held on Wednesday night. Thero was a good attendance. The Annual report of the Kirk Session referred to tho marked progress that had taken place in all department.? of the church's work. Special mention was made of the activities of tho Ladies' Missionary Union, Iho Young l'coplo'3 Temperance Society, Iho Service of Praise, and the Sunday School. The Ladies' Sewing Guild, 100, as well as the ladies who collected in aid of tho Sustentation Fund, received appreciative reference in the.'report, financially, llw past year was the most successful for nearly seven years past. The general support accorded the church in this direction was most encouraging. Tlie Sunday collections amounted to JG223 (Is. 9d.; scat rents., .i'nl) 135.; Sustentation Fund, .CIS Ills.; total revenue. .IMOil Ids. M. The debt on tho buildings, however, increased from ,C!) 00 to jCNIOO. owing to several necessary repairs and alterations., The attendance at church services was well maintained throughout the year, but (lio report expressed the conviction that (hero was room for improvement in ■ thhis lespccf. The largest attendance at one Communior was-32. while tho Communion roll totalled 165. There were ,12 new meml>ers admit-' ted dining tho year, while 24 left (he district and death removed four others. Marriages solemnised numbered 21, there were 2.1 baptisms, and 11 funerals. Messrs. Nesbit and Anderson were elected Church' Managers. • -■■ Mr. 11. W. Welch, who has been acting in (he capacity of chairman and Secvetnrv of the Taita Cemetery Trustees, has resigned tho latter posiiiou, and Mr. W. Knight has been elected. ■ , ■■ Several complaints have been received in regard to wandering stock in the Taita, cemetery. At a recent meeting cf tho trustees it was resolved to warn the of-' fenders.