ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 August 1916, Page 5

ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.

" ANNUAL MEETING, The annual meeting of Jthe' gfitidK* ioners of tho above was held Inst evening, there bring a larg4 attendance, a fact which was favorably commented upon by the dhairmab (Revi; T. H. Roseveare). t > > ■REPORTS. ' • Very comprehensive reports wdife pnfa. . rented by the session, clerk, tin. man 4 agers, Ladies' Guild, and the Y.W,B.G( The general balance-sheet showed that tho year was started .with a credit bal< ' anae of £24 13s 9d, and closed with!' f a a credit balance of £lB 2s Id., Th« Manae debt had been reduced by '£6s, and £4 Is Id has been paid to we Cross Fund—proceeds of sale of product' i J fiom Harvest Thanksgiving Service* . Sabbath collections amounted to £B9O M . 4d. The sitting accommodation of tha Church was 15S, of which 142 ore letj The revenue from this source for thqj year was £BO 12s Cd; outstanding renty . for two quarters and over, £l3 14s. | , Messrs. A. Cathro, it. McMuj-ray, H< Cocker. D. Penman and T. S. Young were elected during the year, in place of . Messrs T. Giddy, W. Ogle, and- 0. E< v '. Perkins, who were made elders: And Messrs. G. H. Harle and H. Candy who| resigned. ' ? The donations made by the Ladles' 1 '•< Guild of £SO for reduction of debt onj' ■■ '• nmnse was heartily acknowledged; <. t '. the gift of a sympathiser of £ls. , / All the reports were adopted. Special stress was made by the chairman of •'] the wants of the Sabbath School, which _ ■ ■ since Mr. Perkins had taken, up iha work of Home Miosioner at Waitara had : been without a superintendent; Mr. , C.ithro hail done spl'ndid u'orbas acting superintendent, but t was to the Sab» ■ bath School 1 hoy lisd :o look for future church \vu;\;cr«. . ' l ;'" Mr P. X. Cameron was elected audi' > tnv. ..i plnre of Mr. Aiilwon (res 1 > resolved to writo copveyir; .igregatiom .hanks to. Mv. Andcrsor. ' Hearty votes : thanks wort, passed y to the various church workers. , ' Mr. Cocker moved a hearty vote Of . thanks to their minister fir his miniftrations for Hie past fx- years. Ml* liosevenre replying i length, regarding ,■; the church work. - i