CHURCH OF ENGLAND, AMBERLEY.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1559, 17 February 1879, Page 4

CHURCH OF ENGLAND, AMBERLEY.

A meeting of this vestry was held on Friday evening. Present—'lhe hev. 11. G. Gould (in the chair), Messrs C. J. Harper, Thos. Douglas, F Courage, Kegd. Foster, S. Coleman, C. Higgins, F. Holder, and A. M. Fiewman, churchwardens. Ihe Chairman r ad a letter from Mr Moore, of Leithfield, stating that the repairs to the parsonage amounted to £65 10s 4d, and he ha>t paid £47 on account. He was happy to say that with the exception of some slight repairs required by the fences of one of the paddocks, the house and grounds were cow in very satisfactory order. He said also that he had mumated to the chief officers in his district that it was necessary to collect the half-year s stipend immediately. . , , Mr Douglas (treasurer), then said ho had received the sum of £3l 4- 4d on a count of the parsonage fund for repairs, and out of that he had handed Mr Moore £2O, 1 his would leave £ll 4s 4d in hand, and as their portion of the parochial district had promised to pay one-half the expences, he would be pleased, it it wa* the desire of the vestry, to supplement the amount in hand with the balance, £1 10s lud, Horn the general fund, and settle the matter at once. . , , The proposal was unanimously agreed upon. Mr Douglas then said the total coat of the church fence and improvements round the church amounted to £4B 8s sd. He had paid one quaner’s stipend. The proceeds of the church festival, December 28th, amounted to £ l6 12s fid; offertories since last Easter, £63 6s s|d ; subscriptions for parsonage repairs, £3l 4s 4d; surplice fees, ss; minister’s expenses incurred while cure was vacant, £.3 8s lid; church incidentals, £ 16s 3d ; paid to Melanesian and other missions, £sl4s 7d ; paid balance due on church building fund, £25. lie sfud the total cost of the Amberley Church (including organ), was £658 14s sd, which is now all After some considerable discussion, as to building a vestry and bell-turret, Mr Foster proposed that —'‘Messrs Harper and Douglas be appointed to ascertain the cost of building a suitable vestry and bell-turret for the Amberley Church ; and that they interview Mr Mountfort for that purpose.” Seconded by Mr Newman and carried unamMr Douglas proposed—“ That Messrs R. Foster and Holder be asked to give their services in arranging an entertainment, to take place on Thursday (or other suitable night) in Easter week at the Town Hall, to raise funds to help to meet contingencies in the way ing or improving church accommodation. Carried unanimously. Mr Foster called the attention of the vestry to an advertisement in the Peess re the selection of denominational sites in the public cemetery. Mr Gould asked Mr Coleman, as a member representing the North Kowai district, if ho did not think it would be desirable to discontinue the services (now held once a mon h) in the North Kowai schoolroom till such time as the school may be removed to Springfie.d, more especially as, during the winter evenings the people most of whom live about fcfpriugfield, would hnd it difficult to attend from so long a distance. He said he personally had no objection to attend ; but as the congregation now was rather meagre, he feared in a few months scarcely any would come to the services. Mr Coleman said us there was a probability of the schoo being removed some three or four miles, he thought ic might bo as well to discontinue the services at present and substitute a children s lecture some day in each week It was accordingly resolved to discontinue, for the present, the ->orth Kowai services from Fob 16th, and ia lieu thereof to hold services every thud un lay at Am-a-rley morning audevening The Vestry then adjourned.