Whiteley Church.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7960, 25 October 1905, Page 2

Whiteley Church.

• f The ijuartcrly meeting of eircuit officials was -held recently, when a large I amount of business was dealt with. The. Rev. J. N. Hut tie presided, and „ reported the membership returns as B follows :—Full, 193 ; on trial, 11 ; rcmovals, 5. The financial report sliow--5 cd a large amount had been raised 'j during the quarter, including Foreign Missions, £11) Os ; Home Missions, £5 lis Id ; collectrcms for circuit fund, £B6 15s 7d ; lectures (Rev. H. Foston) £l4 fs 2<l ; interest, £8 5s (Id; special subscriptions, £6B 10s ild. These, with ether items, gave a total income of £2211 15s 2d, The expehditure, including- ministers' stipends, K connexional levies, Home and Foreign Missions, payments lo twist j fund, etc., etc., totalled £231 1.6s Bd. 1 Special collections were authorised to, > lie made during the ensuing <quarlcr as follows :—Whiteley Church anniversary, South Road Sunday-school anniversary and trust fund", Home Missions. An appeal by circular on behalf of the building fund for a new college at the native 'institution, Three Kings, Auckland, was consid- . ercd, and the Chairman was directed L , l:isciu4 a reply staling that a special I collcciion and donations bad been contributed Ihiee years ago. The Sun- ' day School returns were incompleie but it was reported that satisfaelolc work was being done. 11 was rcsolvJ ed lo apply for a grant from the Home Mission Fund of £2(l for the toast Mission. On the nomination of lluvcircuil steward (Mr C. Cariem, it was resolved to invite the Rev, T ■■ Brooke, of Morninglon, Huucdim to succeed tlu> Rev. ,). ,\ llutlle whose triennial term expires in April iicxi. Invitations for continued service were also extended b 0 the Kevs. n- K Williams and 11. Foston (Coast 1 M"«"««ai-y). both being accepted, sub-Mei',-l 0 ro 0 "/.' l '."i alio " ], y Conference.

, «i«s« W Griffiths and' W. Hooker weie appointed .substitute renrcsenlaJiU's to ihc annual District Synod It was resolved, in the event of s.v Simll, (evangelist) visiting the - colony, that l, c be invited to conduct, a mission at New Plymouth. II t . 3 ,|,, hanks were tendered to and ackrwv- \ loilKCtl by |l,o R,. v . H , F „ s , , c wrics of lectures delivered the "•'i< to llio circuit during past years J f -«'i,. ( ,n,;[. *fer i,„;' e wa^ P™*rd ,1 the enlarged >; I« i, leloy Church, all ,| Ihailks I he*'ly*«wdu, for w,:rk d W ,e, spec! ■ mei,!,,,,, being llMli |,. 0 f the choir's miwics in connection with n, ( , j„_ Joducuon of (he new hymil |lool . ", vs reported that letters of eondol«f m, i ,'" W "' (0 S( ' vl ' ral numbers o Ihe church ,vi„, had suffered family e.eavement T , lanks wero j to fi icn Is at .South Road for labour W t I'inr'" 1 r( ' l|Uil ' t ' ,, , '» «""«"C wit l improvements to the church i, Hat suburb,. During the evening ,h ' thai,nan reporled that he had visitc he Coast Mission recently, anV Mi!' "I, lhe WW <""«ial MtatlH). The „ eW missionary (Kcv H. Fostou) hail been heartily received, and 'lr. outlook gave every ciieourageineiit for. future efforts ami extension. The report was received with manifest wl-isfacliun by thts