S. STEPHEN'S CHURCH, TAMAHERE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1699, 26 May 1883, Page 2

S. STEPHEN'S C H U RC H, TAMAHERE.

A COMMITTEK meeting was held in the church of S. Stephen the Martyr on the evening of the 2iiud May, at 7 p.m. Present : Archdeacon Willis (chairman), S. S. Graham, Wheeler. J. Murtyn, and J. J. Smith. After prayer, the accounts passed at the general meeting on the 14th in&l,, were confirmed. Mr Kvans" account was next gone into, which (iftrr a few alteration's) was agreed to, the treasurer (Mr S. S. Graham), being authorised to pay it ; also a bonus of £7 to meet losses he had incurred o» the contract, making a total balance of £30 4y Bd. It was resolved that a vote of thanks be given to Mr Tlios. Kvans for the excellent manner in which he has carried out the contract of building the church, and for the good spirit he has displayed throughout the undertaking. — The chairman having informed the committee that Mr W. A. Graham had gfnerously offered to transfer to the church authorities, for the good of the church in the district, his interest in the acre on which the Tamahere hotel stands, valued at JEI2 per annum, it was resolved that the committee gratefully ac cept Mr Graham's offer, and tender him their hearty thanks for his valuable cift, and that the chairman be requested to take the necessary steps for the transfer of the property. It was resolved, " That this committee cngigcs to use every effort to contribute £io towards the stipend of an assistant minister for the district for the ensuing year, in consideration of having fortnightly services. The thanks of the church committee were voted to Mr W. K. Carter for hn kindness in providing a conveyance for the Cambridge choir at the opening of the church. The next service appointed to be held was arranged for Sunday next, 27th inst., at 3 p.m. These services will be continued fortnightly.

A correspondent sends me a very good story from up-country, — locality is of no consequence in this case. It is about a Highlander, and he suggests my adorning the tale with Highland phraseology. I confess I am afiaid to attempt a task so awful, in which I might be "picked up," and therefore tell the tale as twas told to me— in English. An old retired pensioner of a Scotch, regiment keeps away-side hotel. Standing one day at his door, with a gun in his hand, a traveller on horseback made his appearance. The traveller, probably taking ill at a glance the martial bearing of boniface, and concluding that he must have served her Majesty, rode up to to within a short distance of the door, and oried in commanding tones, Attention ! shoulder arms ! ready ! present ! fire ! ! To his astonishment and discomfiture, boniface did as he was told, and no sooner had he fired than horse and rider came to the ground. The horse, not the man, fortunately, was shot dead ! Explanations ensued. The doughty Highlander assured the traveller that he had no personal animosity, but had served his country for many years, and never disobeyed orders. Had there b£eu no horse to shoot, he coolly remarked Hherc would certainly have heen an inquest. He courteously, however, supplied the traveller with another horse to pursue his journey, and the mutual explanations proved satisfactory. My correspondent suggests that a habit of implicit obedience probably coincided in this case with a taste for bad whisky, but this is unkind. It weakens the heroic element in this ower true story. lam inclined to think the folly of the traveller almost as conspicuous as the too literal obedience of the old warrior. The only" moral I will draw for the benefit of my juvenile readers will be this Anglicised adaptation of a French saying :Be obedient, be again obedient, be r always obedientr-but i n<rt ! fo9ol«d.iwtiiH M Ciyis Vi M WUwiu