TOKOMAIRIRO.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 204, 4 August 1862, Page 5

TOKOMAIRIRO.

(FROM OUK OWN CORRESPONDENT.) August Ist, 18&2.

A meeting of tlio members of the Church of England residing within the parochial district of Tokomairiro and Waihola, was held here on Wednesday. E. Musgravc, Esq., K.M., occupied the Cliair, and W. C. Young, Esq., attended as a deputation frotn the Rural Deanery Board. Mr, Young regretted the very short notice which lie had been enabled to give of his intention of visiting the district, and the_consequent absence from the meeting of several oi the most influential of the Church members, includiag the lay re ider Mr. Dewe, whose absence was especially unfortunate. The B-.mil Deanery Board had requested liim to visit the district, and to confer with the inhabitants as to the means for obtaining the services of a resident clergymen. From the lists which had been put into his hands he was glad to see that the Committee had already collected a considerable sum for that purpose, and he did not anticipate that tbey would find much dillicuity in raising the necessary amount. Before a clergyman could be sent for", they would have to lodged in his bands as treasurer of the Rural Deanery Board, the sum of 1,100, to defray the expenses of a clergyman's passage. If, however, Lfjo or L7O were paid in, accompanied by a promise of the rest within a specified time, he would promise that the clergyman should at once be sent for. The annual minimum stipend which would have to be. raised in the district would be 1,150 ; wliich would be supplemented by a vote of L.VJ from the clergy maintenance fund. He might mention, that tbe Bishop had received two applications from clergymen in Australia, who wished to come to New Z.aland. If the congregation wished, he thought they might obtain the services of one of these. They would thus get a clergyman a great deal sooner "than if they liud to wait till one was obtained from home, and a^ little colonial experience might" aUo be an improvement. If the congregation would suggest to the Bishop the kind of man they wantedT—whether married or single, &c.-he was sure that his Lordship would attend to their wishes. He would suggest a source of revenue to them. The 25 acres of land attached to th_ parsonage was, he thought, too much for a glebe. Ten acres would would be quite sufficient, and the remaining 15 acres could be let. There was a debt of i'l2o due to the Deanery Board on this property, and, as soon as that was paid off, it would belong entirely to the District Trustees; but, if they once appropriated the whole ofthe land as a glebe, they could not then let any portion of it. He was glad to observe the rapid manner iv which the district was progressing, and trusted that they would soon have a clergyman amongst them. He might also mention that a society at home had voted £200 per annum for the support of a clergyman on the gold fields

Mr. Hardy quite agreed with Mr. Young as to the ability of tlie district ta support an Episcopal Clergyman, and would propose that the sum of XI oo be at once raised and lodged in the bauds of the Treasurer ofthe Kural Deanery Board to defray the expenses of a clergyman's passage. This was unanimously agreed "to ; as, also, a resolution proposed by* Mr. John Squires, that a meeting of the members of the parochial district of Tokomairiro and Waihola be held in the White Horse Hotel on Tuesday, the 12th August, at 2 o'clock p.m., lor tiie paqiose of arranging the best means of obtaining tiie services of a resident clergyman. A vote of thanks to Mr. Young for bis attendance, and another to the Chairman, concluded the meeting.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court here last Wednesday there were eighteen cases for trial. Most of these were civil cases, but tliere were two of assault and two of larceny. The prisoners in the latter ease were tw:o women from the Woolshed, named Ann Connelly and Matilda Nolan. | Connelly was committed for trial Jat the Supreme Court", but Nolan was discharged, the evidence not implicating her sufficiently to warrant her committal. Sittings of the Court have also been held on Thursday and Friday, for the settlement of a few ordinary police cases.

The state of the roads and bad weather, combined with tlie siiort notice given of the election, has prevented many of the electors from coming to the poll, at the recent election. In this district, there were only eighteen votes recorded altogether,—eleven for Baldwin, and seven for Cargill.

Mr. E. Martin's steam flour mill got up steam for the first time the other day. I believe the machinery works very well. The Agricultural Society's ploughing match is to take place next Wednesday, and a dinner is to beheld in the evening at Goodall's new hotel. The roads are daily becoming worse, and will, 1 fear soon become quite impassable. The Betsey Douglas got round to the lake all right, but got on a mud bank as soon as she entered it. Of course tliere was no harm done, and she is now, I understand, plying on the lake.