CHURCH MEETINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2898, 10 February 1891, Page 2

CHURCH MEETINGS.

-I'Kl'llKX's. 7 A MAM I.UI-..

\ Mii'.TlN l . of re-i •let 11 ! in the di-tiiet ! L ss|.>iied to St. S'ephens. T.aia.ota'.', w . • held .n > ifirday I'veiun/ 1..-;t. Th". iiiL' repiesentatives oi lauiiae.- Wert! pre.„.M,>sr.- Wheeler. I'ennell, Webb, Wrudey. S. Steel", i:. Steel-, C. Way, ,i. ISaruglt, 1.. I''. I'. 'A'. 1 11, k. .Main. I'ickei iie.r. Thus. Smith, C. Day, A. Hav, 11. l'.iton. Ivlv.-atds. anil seieral ladie-. \t the request o! the eomener. .Mr Wheeler took the chair, and explained that at the annual meeting of parishioners it was unanimously agreed to ask tii- ili.-ie.p to oo'iseerate the Church and graveyaid. Having heen by the fticiimb-nt that the Hisliop r-fused !.o e .mp!y v.alli tho request that had been made io him, tin; chairman had himM'lf wnttni t.. tii" liislli.p, setting fol I h lie.Soil- why t in! Chilian' ,ine,ild be e< ei-' eraied. and hid r.:eeived a reply sitri'air to '.:;;it -"lit to LiiVichdeacon. A con.-inerable amount ot discussion then lo,.!: 'd u"-, which led to the following lesolntion proposeti by Mr Way, vend.-d by Mr l'ickenng, i.ni! earii.-i no.eiiu. .'a-.lv : — " Tli.it this mcetiir.T "I r. sidtriit -. -i i .mahere Paving heard the c.intents of file letter dated 3rd I'ebrie.ry, wri'l n t., t!:e i;i<hn|>. by Ml' Wh-eler, C'li-a.iei' I hit Siili'Jjl 'ilt v *"i- t-luM'fiii ■ I '' • i v - !; \ the charch, tog-eher wi.h p .:.: ii . I th- ground between the I'nc 1 . l o..aj Greeted, and the fence l.inr.ing Mr Diys boundary should be conseerated by th" Hi,!!,op, and that a copy ot this resolution be forwarded to his Lot'd-hip. T'h •. chairman then referred to the remarks that had been made by Ml' Wells at tho Ia to meeting of St. Andrew'.- pan.-dnon-r-. und to which he had thought it his duty to re iiv. At this stage, the Archdeacon a-ked permission to address the meetine, which being granted, he said, he knew lie had no ri'dit to be present, but he had come to try anil pour nil on the troubled water. He repudiated the report appearint.' m Thi-; W.'stKATo I'i'l a, being othci.il, and considered it. would n.e.e t.-t u bett-r to have consulted him t,r his waiden. befo'.-p taking notice of a newspaper report. Mr Wells had certainly made u.-e of some strong eN'inossions, which, us chairman, he ought not to have allowed to p-.w, Iloh el been told that the statement had been p. - pared beforehand, but he could asn'.iio_them. that ha had had no communication with Mr Wel'.s on the -aibjjct. In his Mr Weils had been betrayed into saying what he did, on the spur ot the moment, lfe r"g;etti'd what had been said, and no one et t,n.:t meeting had an idea that the. Pr .ceeumgs voeli'i lie reported. II" could a-sili'e th-m that. Mr Wells' lemirU-. a...-at the time when Cambridge would lie able to do without out side help, was not. intended to reler to Tamahere, but to th- help seemed by bazaars, concerts, f, t'ee. the archileaeon cnclndad by thanking the nieeiing for allowing him to nvike. this e.vplan iti.'.n ; iie kn-.v that they feit the m iU.:t vei y keee.ly. anil he w..s piepar-d I 1 hear some wary strong c .eiments, as h-

know the di-trie' v/as ioit as on-: i:h». Mr S. Steele considered him-eli en outsiiier, but iie had made up his initio to attend because he felt that in-ta id ei the district btiiuß held lip as a leproach. it was an example to other district-, as the. position of the tinaucos of the church would show, Duriii!,' the last three years the heavy debt on the church had been wiped out, the overdraft at the Uank done away with, and the church wns, paying its way; and he thought Mr Wells ought to be ashamed of himself for nialcms? the remarks ho did. and that he should be called upon to apologise, Mr I'ay c incurred in the remarks made by Mr Steeie, and, knowing Mr Wells, could not understand how he could have made such remarks. The following resolution was then proposed by Mr Way, seconded by Mr S. Steak- !,:»! carried unanimously : —" That tins meeting j of residents of Tannh av. hereby tendi.r their thanks to Mr \\ heeler ior his lett-'i'm Tiie Waikato Ti.mks contradicting the in:statements made by Mr Wells at the amuial meeting of pari-liioners of St. Andrew s district.'' After this resolution had been carried, Mr Edwards said he altogether di.-sented from die Archdeacon's Migwssti-m that the Tamaliere people should have consulted him or his warden before, rushing inio print. Two issues of Tim: Waikato 'L'i.mks had appeared, and had Mr Wells desired to contradict the statements attributed to him, ample oiiportmii'y kid bcuti ahot'ded tiim. Since he had n h dune so (:ie liinuiliere people had a right to consider them cornet- Mr Edwaids inrther stated that this year they were doing morn_ than had ever been dune before. In addition to vein" the balance of the fete proceed-, ain.nuir.iiig to Vo, fh"V had relinrpii-iied collecting subscri[)tions in thedialiict for church purposes, which had lasi ye ar aniouole.i to £5), ill t'avDiir of a collection for tin. Cambridge jiarsonage repair fund. They had also voted L ."-'o towaid- the srine'id fun-l. —Tiio following l-es iluteei was th"n proposed by Mr 'iho-. Siio!n, seconded liv Mr I'ay and earii'd unanimously- " That this meeting ingrets

that .inj unpleasantiiess should bate ari-en to dis'e.rli the harmony, that has existed between the dilferent parts of the Cullbridge parochial district, and calls upon Mr Wells to make an explanation of his un-called-for remarks.''—The meeting terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman. s!*. I'KTKII'S CllUJtl'iil. HAMILTON. The annual 6!8»wal meeting of the parishioners of St. Peters Church, llamdton, v.-as held in the Public Hall, last evening. Then; were abort -0 parishioners jire.■,!nt, and the Incumbent, the Rev. 11. l)(_. presided. Axntal kt:i'olir.--[n the annual report c'ne vestry stated that they had lx-.luce.i t':i" liabilities by L'lo IS Id. but this woi.M not have been tile case iiad it not been 1.,r the liberal support Riven to the. enf rtaininent. m November, as the weekly otl'ei ings had fallen ot by '-'liO. The attention of 'he parishioners was urgently dr,w:i to this latter nia'ler, The ve.-try regretted that the consolidation of the p irochi d districts, recommended :.t the aunuil had not b"en carried into ellect. Ihe thanks of the yiwsry were tendered to ihe lay readers, choir, organist, superintendent, arid teachers of the Sunday school, to Me-d imes Coates and Jolly, and to the ladies and gentlemen who provided the entertainment in November. The Incumbent made some remarks on the report, impressing on the parishioners the necessity of increased offerings. He referred t.o the great loss suffered bv the Sunday-school in the hiss of Miss KiutHey, and urged that some steps be taken to increase the Snnday--choo! library. The report was

adopted. Sunday Scmm.. -In t!i>- ammd report ot the timi'luy .«:Si.-sl, -Mi" Sevens tli.superintendent, stated t!i .r the annu a attendance was viz., -!) buys and iJ nirls. It.! n-feired t" thu loss sustiined liy til*.' rciJ''■ 'i by the I'ellioe.d of Mi>S Kltl-'-iev tii Auckiuid, she liawnn taught in ill.: scho .1 [or 20 yeais. The school i" i« n.-ed •if funds, and an it does not rucm't; auv tliint from the parish a special etl rt will be in tde dium-.; the. year to raise what are requited.—Tlio rep.nt was Miopted. UALANOK-ollßnr. — The treasurer read his l>danee-sh"et. which showed Lhe reeemts to be e.V'N les 7d, and tin' e\|>ouili'uro r.'«7 •'« ••} 1. leavnu: an ove'dr.ilt of os id. Ihe a auee,!. to and the liabilities to UliiO Is lud, the h lUiic-j <f 1 i di lities tiring i'llO Is J'J 1. —Tin; balance-'lieet was adopted. Oi'":e'Kr.s. — Mr !. C-iati!- v.ms. by the incumbent, in his wanh n ami ,ur T .I.illv was re-elected people'.-. w.if.lcii. It wis decided thai, the wsiry remain, sr.'en. us at pie-ent. and the following ,'endewen weie ejeeted, vi/.: — Kieu.iie.'. I Vac, Snppatt, liayly. I Vim-, ■!. l-aUeeumbe. and Manning. Messr.-. 1,. Ivl-ecmiibe and I'. l.e (.hiesne were appointed auditor-;. Si'KC'iAL (h KKItTOIUKS.—it was a reeoinmaidali",n to the vestry that oil Sundays wht'ii -peel d offertories ai e taken ip, one e''.i l^ 'ioll only be t-'iven to the speeiai übj.'Cl. The inctitiiur with fhs <* rati.is