OTAHUHU ANGLICANS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 283, 20 February 1928, Page 10

OTAHUHU ANGLICANS

. new church DEDICATION BY ARCHBISHOP tllc fla ? of st - George’s Cross overhead, a gathering of dreds of parishioners and • nds of the new Church of the Holy Trinity, Otahuhu, congregated yester?T? y _p' tterno ?n, to witness the laying of the foundation stone of the new buildost Reverend A. W Averiii, D.D., Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand.

The proceedings commenced with a procession of the clergy, and choristers, from the Masonic Hall, Great South Road, to the site of the new church, and from the main road the avenue was lined on both sides by a bodyguard of scholars from King’s College. During the service, a number of appropriate hymns were sung, led by the Holy Trinity choir, augmented by a large number of choristers, members of Auckland churches. The readings were led by His Grace, Archbishop Averill, and the lesson was taken by Archdeacon Maelvlurray. His Grace, in excusing himself from delivering the address, owing to an injury, congratulated the parishioners of Otahuhu on erecting the new church, and said they were giving an object lesson of self-denial, and reverence to all the churches in the diocese, and he extended his thanks to the architect and to the builder,; he also extended, his sympathies to Mr. Clements in his recent loss.

Archdeacon Mac Murray then delivered a stirring address to the large gathering, maintaining the need of continued social devotion, for the good of the world.

The ceremony of laying the stone was performed by the Archbishop, and after declaring it to be well and truly laid, he offered up a short prayer.

The stone bears the following inscription:—“To the Glory of The Holy and ever Blessed Trinity, to Whom this Church is Dedicated. This stone was laid by the Most Reverend Alfred Walter Averill, Archbishop of the Diocese, Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand, on Quinquagescma Sunday, February 19, 1928.”

Mr. Thos. Clements, the builder, presented the Archbishop with a silver trowell and a gavel, the handle of which was made of wood from the historic ship, H.M.S. Victory. At the conclusion of the religious part of the ceremony, short addresses were delivered by the Mayor, Mr. R. B. Todd, Canon H. Mason, and Mr. J. Murphy, whose memory carried back to the original church which was erected in 1851, to be destroyed by fire. The second was consecrated by Bishop Selwyn in 1866, and removed to Mangere East in the latter part of last year. With the continued growth of Otahuhu, it was necessary to rebuild to accommodate the growing number of parishioners in the district. Afternoon tea was served in the parish halL