GIFT OF £200.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1579, 24 October 1912, Page 4

GIFT OF £200.

FOR ST. MARK'S CHURCH FUNDS.

In St. Mark's Parish Magazine for November (published veMerday) the vicar (the Rev. C. ]•'. Askew) returns thanks tor the happy results of the recent sale o '„? r f ">' whicll • C2 °3 «et was secured. And now," continues tho letter, "I must inform parishionevs of another example of noble giving. Bank notes to tho total value of .£2OO have been sent to mo by an unknown donor who signs himself Strictly Anonymous." The money is allocated (by the donor) to various objects parochial and diocesan, and I lake tins opportunity of assuring the generous donor that his (or her) wishes will bo carried out. Tho following is the list of objects and amounts specified:— X s. d. Towards stipend of Curate for m India 40 1 0 Towards stipend of Curate for Melanesia s 40 1 t Rebuilding Fund 8 11 0 Parish Mission—Sister Constance 30 0 8 Work. amongst men only 7.11 0 General Church Fund ..'. 16 0 0 Missionary and Benevolent Fund 8 1 0 Uganda Mission 8 11 ft Motor boat "Wellington" G 0 ft Mnori Mission .". 2 11 ft Boys' Homo, Hutt 4 0 0 Organising Secretary C.E.M.S. ... 311 0 Children's Home, Palmerston N. 10 10 St. Mary's Home, Karori •. 10 1 fl For discretion of Vicar 5 0 0 £200 0 0 "As a result of the sole of work and this noble gift (says the vicar) we can see the stipends of our parochial staff and priests on foreign service assured for twelve months. In my September letter I wrote, 'Will the. people of St. Mark's Churc,li and parish respond? I believe they will.'"