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was £25 17s. 8½d., since then the figures have been--1928 (nine months only), £38
17s. 4d.; 1929, £85 19s. 3½d; 1930, £85 12s. 10d.; 1931, £76 8s. 0½d.
Mr. R. Millson was re-elected chairman and deputy bandmaster; Mr. F. Every did
not seek re-election as hon. secretary, and Mr. P. Woods was appointed to that
position. Mr. E. Culley and Mr. L. Wicks were chosen as hon. assistant secretaries.
Mr. A. Harrison was re-elected treasurer, and Messrs. E. Cully, A. Harrison and L.
Wicks were appointed trustees. The hon. secretary was thanked for the way he had
kept the accounts and done his work under trying conditions. Mr. White proposed and
Mr. Brown seconded a hearty vote of thanks to the Mayor for his attendance and
support. This was carried with acclamation.

NEW RECTOR OF ST. PAUL’S.
INSTITUTION AND INDUCTION
In the presence of a very large congregation, fully representative, not only of St.
Paul’s parish, but including large numbers of members from All Saints’ and other
parishes, Bishop Shaw performed the impressive ceremony of the institution of the
new rector, the Rev. T.W. Sergeant, followed by that of induction, in which latter the
Archdeacon of Berks. Officiated.
The dual ceremony concluded, the Bishop addressed the large congregation. He
referred with thankfulness to the long and honoured connection with the church of
their late rector, the Rev. H.M. Walter, who continued his duties till long past the age
at which retirement would have been admissible such was his devotion to duty. The
way in which the church had kept together and carried on, all working for the
common good, was worthy of all praise, and the Bishop expressed thanks to the
churchwardens and officers, the members, and to him who had officiated as priest-in-
charge during the long time of waiting.
There was toleration and great freedom in the Church of England, yet behind it all
those diversities was a common bond, by which all claimed union with the historic
Holy Catholic Church, from which the Church of England had never separated, taking
its views from no modern leader of school of thought, but from the historic faith. The
bond of union was the Lord Jesus Christ.
The organist of the church, Mr. A.H. Lusty, A.R.C.O., A.T.C.L., played suitable
voluntaries and the choir was present and, with the organ, led the singing of the
hymns, “Thy hand, O God, has guided,” “Come, Holy Ghost,” and “As with
gladness.”
The robed clergy present were Canon G.F. Coleridge, Canon W.H. Whiting, Revs.
A.P. Carr, W.T. Stubbs, C.H. Donne? Wyndham Lewis, H. Harrington Harris and J.
Knight Law.
The churchwardens, Messrs. A.H. Newberry and A.E. Priest, preceded the clerical
processions and, assisted by sidesmen, arranged the heating of the congregation.
After the service, the parochial church councillors and sidesmen, by invitation of the
churchwardens, met the new rector in the Parish Room.

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Sat 27 Feb.
DEATH OF ALD. E. C. HUGHES
Valuable Work For Wokingham
NOTABLE PUBLIC SERVICE
The news of the death of Alderman Edwin Cecil Hughes, “father” of the
Wokingham Town Council and one of the leading business men of the town, was
received on Sunday night with deep and widespread regret. Mr. Hughes had suffered

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