ST MARK'S CHURCH

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10273, 7 May 1919, Page 7

ST MARK'S CHURCH

-ANNUAL OF PARISH. . •■'■ --10NEES. •■"■ '"' annual meeting of the of St. Mark's .Church was held last night* The Kev.. A. T. B. I'aße presided over aj> attendance of about eighty parishioners. " The chairman crave a brief summary oi. the year's work and expressed .sympathy with the relatives of the late Archdeacon ■ Fanctiumt. H<j also congratulated thd yicar of the.parish, .the.ltcv. A. M. John* son, on his .appointment, as Archdeaow : of Wellinsrton. He mentioned that dun" iner the year ther.? had "been 3219 acts oj communion, 62 (baptisms, 81 confirmations, 33: weddings and-40 'burials. . .The election, of <.flicern.. resulted as fol» loifs:—yicar's warden, Mr W. H. Made* ley. parishioners' warden, Mr W. J. Gau« dinj -vestry, Messrs.D. S. Allen, G. W. Barltrop, J Bcsant, M.- Browman, R, Marsack. B. B.- Rawnslejv.A. State, G, Tabot. A. J'.. White' and A. T.. Williamson; auditors, Messrs..,W„i Hajvorth and G. W. Morsan; school committee, Rev. C. F. Askew, and Messrs Besant, Gaudin. Rawnsley and Barltyop:" "■■•■ l

. The annual report of the church war* dens states .that" the' finances' of the parish suffered 'soiilewhiit"" by'the effec's at' ;thc epidemic which swept'through thtf i land'in-November last-, and an appeal fof a special Jjojiten rffcrina to-make, up tht .deficiency was, made, to ..parishioners-. The response -was most gratifying; in a few days donations came,'in 'amounting t< over .£7O. The" Church* Day School con* • nected with the parish continues .to mako splendid' progress, The. school ""buildings have been further improved, and aro - thoroughly up-to-date, but there a.re now 180 children en the/roll, and the space ivill soon bo taxed to the utmost. If the nrescnt excellent, results are to be main,

tftlned, the Question of providing mora ziccojiimodation will soon have to be fao- - ed. The parish is nuain to be congratiK • lated -on the suooessj-of the annual sale of .work. The sum of -Jt'Wl lis 2d was realised, a result reflecting, the .greatest credit ' on all workers. The "Missionary arid Benevolent Societv collected £SO Is during the.year, thanks to the energy of Miss Chntwin and her helpers: The churchwardens trust that som« efforts • will shortlv bo roadp to furihor the raisin? of the -parish's* contribution to, the' Cathedralltebuiklinj? Fund. The Parish Trust. Board's'statement shows a "total of X 1476 12s 8d to the credit of Fund; : an "increase of ii<ts 8s 4d durina- the veflr. The; thanks of the Vestry: nre due'to-the choir mem« ber», Sunday School workers, .majrazine dvt.h'ibu'tors." "decoVators," ' ; tho various parish societies and guild' and nil other church workers who done so much durinsr tho'year to holj in the. parish affairs: