TE AROHA ANGLICANS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 652, 2 May 1929, Page 11

TE AROHA ANGLICANS

BISHOP’S OPPONENTS SUPPORTED (Special to THE SUN) TE AROIIA, Wednesday. The annual meeting of St. Mark’s parishioners was held in the Parish Hall, Te Aroha, last evening. There was a good attendance. The vicar, the Rev. W. Connolly, said It had been a year of great progress and they could now' show a balance sheet with a credit. Nine years ago the committee had £ 100 in hand for the new memorial church and the necessary £4,300 seemed a long way off yet 'with the assistance of two generous legacies and the Women’s Guild the church stood as a monument to their efforts. The election of members of the vestry and church officers resulted: —Vicar’s warden, Mr. Bruce; people’s warden, Mr. Hinton; vestrymen, Messrs. F. Strange, U. Gilchrist, J. Heathcote, F. Halligan, T. A. Hines, O. M. Samuel, ir Todd, H. F. Wilcox, G. Cornish. A. Andrew; auditor, Mr. Gilchrist, sen.; svnodsmen, Messrs. Bruce and Strange; rural deaconry board members, Messrs, o M. Samuel, H. Todd and A. Andrew. Mr F. M. Strange, a synodsman. outlined the present relations existing at Hamilton between bishop and laity. He pointed out that the policy of the two delegates from Te Aroha had been that in the interests of the diocese the present bishop should resign Irom reappointing the delegates th£ meeting expressed the utmost confidence in therm