Parishioners Meeting.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 5 August 1890, Page 2

Parishioners Meeting.

(ft— Yesterday afte noon at four o'clock a meeting of the parishioners wa« held st All Saints Church in accordance with the advertisement ir sued by the Churchwardens. There was au exceedingly poor at tendance. Mr J- W, Stewart toot the chair rs Curate's Churchwarden. Mr Stewart ]a*plained -that the raeenng h^id been called to take into consideration the appointment tba.t had been made by the Primage of a Curate t> this district. He read the fo'lowing letter which explained the matter: ,-r- --'• Dioeespn Library, WeHinston, 23.-d JIII7, 1890. ."F. de R^der, Es<>., Local Treasu-er, G. Ch. Fund, Foxton. "Dear Sir, — Yon will probably hare heard befove this that i'.ie Primate hag offered i'nt chf.vge ol tiie ParoeaiM Districts of Bulls, Saadon, *.ad Foxion, to the Ifev. A. S. Innes Jone*,. at. a stipend of £225, ami >n adiTiLional £25 for houw rent. 11 Toward* this amount the Bulls-Sandon PavooVrlal District will be pxpected to cont.ibuied £150, and that of Foxton £50 per an.iura. , "if you hare not yet held your annual me«:iiig in Foxton, will you ki luly make this communiaation to the mcc ijg. Mp.y I also ask you \o make arrangements wILb the Churchwardens anu Veslrymen for lecuving the punctual quarterly payment of the assessment, from Ist October next. " I should have mentioned that Mrlnnes , Jones has accepted the charge on the abore terms, from the Ist of October, " I am. &c, " Thomas Fancccbt, " Diocesan Secretary." Mr Stewart explained that no Churchwardens or Vestrymen had been appointed, nor could be, until a curate was in charg". No notice had as yet been taken of Mr Fan* eourt'sletter. In . answer to questions, Mr Stewart gfcato.l that the income of oF the Church was £50 a year, and the expenses including organist) £25 ' a year 1

Mr A. S. Easton said that hither 1 to they had always been able to find the £50 a yeav, even when there was a larger debt upon the church* Mr Ray thought that we should always be behind with our share of the stipend, and that such an ft", rangemeni as proposed would spoil all chance of getting a resident clergyman for the district. After further conversation it was resolved. That this meeting is of opinion that the visit of a Clergyman once a month to Foxton will not meet the needs of the Church, and will' not be likely to arouse such ad* ditional interest in the services of the Church as to increase the offertories to the extent necessary to pay the £50 required towards- the Clergyman's stipend, and that the Bishop be informed that this- meet* ing is unable therefore to guarantee the payment of that sum.