ALL SAINTS' CHURCH

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 167, 2 August 1937, Page 8

ALL SAINTS' CHURCH

€S> ' • ' Taradale Parishioners Meet FINANCES IMPROVE There was a good attendance o£ parishioners at the annual J meeting, of All Saints' Parish, Taradale, which was held in the Church Hall, Taradale. The* viear, Canon A. Hodge, presided. In presenting the annual balancesheet, the treasurer, Mr H. R. Clark, said that during the past year the receipts were £588 1/10 and the expenditure £546 8/5, leaving a balance of receipts over expenditure of £41 15/7. For the previous year the expenses had exceeded receipts by £84 17/6. A loan of £100 was obtained from tbe diocese during the year, for the purpose of painting and repairingf the church, Sunday school and vicarage. Of this money £35 was still earmarketl for repairs, so that in reality the receipts for the year had only just exceeded the expenditure. The olfertories were £7 18/8 more than in the previous year, while the special olfertories were £1 16/2 less, due -partly to wet Sundays. • Subscriptions to the parish funds s'howed a marked increase, being more than double that of the previous year— £121 11/2, compared with. £56 7/6— being the highest for several yfears past. Rates were higher by £1 16/1. Lighting and heating were lower by £l 7/3. All th'e other annual charges were practically the same. Amounts donated and collected for the General Diocesan Fund were £24 8/2, foreign misions £29 18/2." The total receipts for the year were £167 more than last year. The improvements " in the parish finances have been due largely to the efforts of the Women's League and, on behalf of the vestry, Mr Clark thanked them sincerely for their assistance. He also . thanked all other belpere, particularly the vicar, lay readers,. Sunday school and Bible Class teachers, the choir and organist, Mrs Kelly and the collectors. The following appointments were made : — Vicar's warden, Mr 1. F. Langley ; people's warden, Mr H. It. Clark; synodsman, Mr. H. R. Clark ; auditor, Mr H. Bull ; vestrymen, Messrs A. S. Dunnage (secretary), A. Ellis, A. L, Waterhouse, H. E. Ellis, H. M. Harker, F. Wiseman, Stainton and Cecil Burr.