CHURCH PROGRESS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21209, 4 September 1940, Page 2

CHURCH PROGRESS

WAIKATO PRESBYTERY BUDGET QUOTA EXCEEDED The home missionaries within the bounds of the Waikato Presbytery were cited to attend the meeting of the presbytery held at First Church, Frankton, when they submitted reports on the year’s operations in their respective districts. These showed evidence of progress and increased interest. One station, Kihikihi, attained the top percentage for the presbytery on its missionary allocation, exceeding its allocation by over 100 per cent. The presbytery recommended the following grants for the ensuing year:—Coromandel (Mr Read), £75; Hauraki Plains (Mr Lane), none Katikati (the Rev. D. C. Stuart), £10; Kihikihi (Mr Shilton), none required; Ngaruawahia (Mr Steel), £2O; a commission is to meet the office-bearers at Ngaruawahia to endeavour to formulate methods for placing the finances on a more stable basis; Pukemiro (Mr Humble), £25, with special grant for car allowance; Pio Pio (Mr A. Orr), £6O; Rotorua outfields (Mr Moore), assistance as needed, the congregations to be advised to establish a sustentation fund to enable a fixed grant to be made; Te Kuiti (Mr Brabyn), £ls; Taumarunui (Mr Graham), £7O. The boundaries committee is to consider the question of boundaries of the Pukemiro and Huntly charges with A view to effecting adjustments. A motion was adopted thanking the home missionaries for their efforts, it being stated that no team of church workers was doing better work under what were often most difficult conditions. The missions committee recommended grants of £2O to the Huntly and Tirau aided charges, Otorohanga and Paterangl being placed on the self-supporting list. Chaplains For Camps The chaplains committee, reply-

ing to the presbytery’s recommendation that provision be made for the men at Hopu Hopu camp, stated the Rev. H. Watson had been transferred there from Trentham. The Rev. W. P. Rankin was thanked for the service he had given prior to the transfer. The Moderator, the Rev. D. Mclntyre, and the Revs. C. L. French and H. G. Gilbert were appointed a presbytery committee to deal with the Claudelands camp. The Centenary Thanksgiving Fund executive reported that the £300,000 campaign had so far resulted in £232,000 being raised throughout the Dominion. It asked the presbytery’s co-operation in an effort to reach congregations which so far had not responded. The appeal was referred to the campaign committee. It was reported that the presbytery’s quota (£1845) for the Assembly's budget had been exceeded, £2205 being contributed. Nine

charges had failed to raise their assessments. The students committee was deputed to arrange for the licensing of Mr A. D. Robinson, of Hamilton, who is expected to complete his theological studies in Dunedin this month. Delegates to Assembly The following were chosen as the provisional delegates to the General Assembly which is to meet in Palmerston North in November:—• The Revs. J. W. Combes, C. L. French, H. B. Hughes, F. H. Kedgley, D. Mclntyre. A. Marshall, W. P. Rankin. T. Speer, and J. C. Young, with elders to be appointed by the sessions of Cambridge, Frankton, Hamilton (St. Andrews), Hamilton East, Morrinsvilie, Otorohanga, Paeroa and Te Aro’na. A vote of sympathy was passed ' with the relatives of the late Mr H. J. Irvine, session clerk of Te Kuiti. ;: The members of the First Church branch of the P.W.M.U. entertained I the presbytery and home mission- . S aries at luncheon. . New Zealand Honey In Britain A keen demand for New Zealand honey exists in Britain. This is due partly to the effect of sugar rationi ing and also because of honey’s > medicinal value. The copyright New t Zealand “Imperial Bee” has always : commanded a higher price than any . of the other imported phoneys. Every i endeavour is being made to maintain its high standard of quality.