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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 123, 26 May 1937, Page 4

GOLDEN JUBILEE O HISTORIC OCCASION CAMBRIDGE TERRACE CHURCH Fifty years of steady and uninterrupted service is the record of the Cambridge Terrace Congregational Church, the jubilee banquet of which | was held in the church hall last night. 'The Rev. A. Muriel, M.C., 8.A., presidI cd. The banquet was arranged by 1 the ladies' guild, under Mrs. J. Lennox. I The Rev. A. Macdonald Aspland, who I was minister of the church from 1905 to 1913, recalled memories of his days in the parish and the good- friends and helpers he had had. He came out-at Qrst ■ through the. Colonial Missionary Society, and would always be grateful tor the cordiality with which he was received. - His stay of nine years in the parish was the longest on record. Introduced as one who had served the church for 40 years, .Mr. T. Forsyth said that he was a Congregationalist by birth and later, by conviction. He traced his connection with the church since his advent from Dunedin, and paid a tribute to the work of the ladies, who had raised between £4000 and £5000 since the church opened. I He proposed the toast.of the Ladies' ; Guild, which was drunk with acclamation. • Mrs. A. M. Lewis suitably replied on ' behalf of the ladies. TRIBUTE TO PIONEERS. : The Rev. A. E. Hunt, who was pastor of the church for eight years, after Mr. Aspland, said that this year he cele- . b'rated the fiftieth anniversary of his ; ordination in England. The screen of ■ the Paramount Theatre now occupied : the place once taken by his pulpit in '■ the old church. He told a few re- ' miniscences of the old church in Cour- ' tenay Place,.and paid a tribute to the ] whole-hearte'dness and unanimity of the. congregation responsible .for the ; building of the present church. . He ] expressed the hope, that the church 1 would become unceasingly an influence for good in the hearts of the community. ■ ■■ ■ • , Mr. J. C. Port, a member.: of the ] church for 43 years, said, that the t church.had-been very fortunate in its • ministers, arid in the leading members t of its congregation. ' .- ..;■■,. ' 1 Mr. J. Thawley, organist, and member of the church for 47 years, and f Mr. A. M. Lewis, a foundation member, 2 also spoke. - .-,.-' The Rev. H. Johnson, another ex- s pastor of the church, said that the day \ was a monumental one in the church's c history. It was only a handful of people t which founded the church, and that 1 handful lived in a time very different ■ from the present. The Rev. H. W. Newell, in his capacity as.chairman of the Congregational Union, extended his -congratulations arid good wishes to the church. Mr. T. -E.- Reynolds, the church sec- P retary, expressed ■ pleasure at seeing y so many visitors present, and. read a ij number of telegrams conveying felici- a tations to'the .church upon its jubilee, a Brief addresses were given by other 1( speakers representing every, branch of the church's activities. '■ , % LIGHTING OF THE CANDLES. c The principal item. on the evening's 9 programme was the lighting of the 2. fifty, candles .on. the birthday cake, g, Mr. Andrew Gray, a foundation mem- q ber, whose name is the only- on* which 3; has remained on the roll throughout 2i the church's haltcentury, first lit a 6i taper,, and then two tiny tots lit tapers G from this and proceeded to-light the fifty, candles, all lights being turned F down meanwhile. Mrs. J. . Thawley °, was next, asked to blow. out. I,he candles, gj which -task.-she. accomplished after. c - many attempts, arid then she perform- C ed the ceremony of cutting the cake, b The guests were presented with a t( beautiful souvenir booklet of chaste P_ design, "Fifty Years of Fellowship," £ produced by Mr. T. E. Reynolds. The g, booklet, tastefully illustrated, gives a c . concise summary; of the,,church's his- c tory.'.and contains facsimiles of the R signatures of 'the thirty-two fbunda'-"W tion members, twenty-four of whom tiad transferred' from Dr. West's church re in Bowen Street.. . a^ As a record;' of the occasion, the sc visitors, before leaving, '■ signed their a names in the minute-book of the D :hurcfa. ■~-'■■-.. .-> . "" ' ■ ' S: During the .evening musical items 7s ivere given by Miss Jannet. Reynolds jj tsolo), Misses Nola and;" Jea n; Potton ij (duet), Messrs. T. ForsythVand:J.-Thaw-: a] ley (duet), and Messrs./Forsyth, J. p rhawley, T.E; Reynolds, an,d-W. ; 'Field- B ng (quartet). .'" -.-/ *;i-'1.;.' •■ : -Is Tomorrow night the celebrations will to je Continued/with •a; choral ■■■festival, gl ,vheri an- augmented'choir will sing "Of" Jladsome'Light," "Gloria" -(Mozart), £ md, as the principal item, Mauhder's p C 'Song of Thanksgiving.". .'Miss L. dc Chawley, L.RiS.M., will preside, at the re irgan, and Mr.E. Thawley will.be the 4s :onductor. Refreshments will be 6s erved, and the public are invited, no :harge beirig made for admission.UNREST ON FRONTIER % ■ •/ __ —« :>• ■ o'er -'r , qu THE OATH OF THE TRIBES so v. • ■) an ■ ■ '' ""— , ': ; m( The Utaianzai Wazir clans of North- On m Waziristan. are "honourably carry- "v. ig out their oath taken before Major *| [. H. Johnson, Assistant Resident of __ Vaziristan, to combine to end the pre- = snt -wave of unrest on the NorthZest Frontier, says the "Daily Mail." Major Johnson summoned a represntative :■Jirga (a Council of Headlen) of the Utmanzai Wazirs, and won iem over,.to.British authority. Their chosen ■'representatives have one to Lower Khaisora to deal with le Tori Khel tribal sub-section, who re still hostile under the influence oi le fanaticism of the Fakir of Ipi, who sheltering in the tribe's caves. j. Five - hundred members of the re- t ellious clan awaited the messengers „ E peace, and crucial discussions were h elieved to have taken place. £ The messengers were expatiating on B le virtues and' reputation of Johnnie a ahib, whose assurances of the Govrnment's fairness towards the Islamic :ligion and the clans they have — ;cepted. They are determined to lake the Tori Khel tribesmen believe [ajor Johnson. Formerly a private in the Border egiment, Major Johnson, who is now i, in accepting a commission in the raziristan Scouts, who are semi-police j t id semi-military irregulars, chose the scil ith of daring and adventure. ne i His personality and keen, soldierly o f jalities rapidly : gained him promo- sta; on, and in 1930 he was commandant def : the South Waziristan Scouts, whose eat ;adquarters, the Jandola Fort, a small ma at strong outwork faces the en- spt ances of the .two valleys through sen hich the highway from the Indus ains bifurcates towards Central and )uthern Waziristan respectively. The countryside was then ringing ith accounts of an episode in which \^ )hnson had recently figured. This ny as the disarming of rival tribesmen «en igaged in a feud. , :. goi When-he gave the order to the clans- —n> eri..to".disarm he .was: accompanied by i™ ily two orderlies, but his Scouts, in J-'J; rries, soon appeared on the scene, not i id 500 men were disarmed and march- j«ai I into the fort. . t h? r The name of J.ohnnie Sahib, as the ibesmen called him, became a house-. , ild word, affectionately "uttered in whi 'cry Mahsud village. k.