Avednesday 12 THE MERCURY. Wednesday, January 11th, 1939. THE NEW VICAR. A CENTURY OF TEA. ANNUAL 10.3th INSTITUTION AND INDUCTION AT THE TRIUMPH OF BRITISH PIONEERS. PARISH CHURCH. I MPORTA NT Yesterday, a gold casket containing the THE RI The public i it km and the inducZtion choicest Empire, tea was presented to their of.. the Rev. Eric Victor Cave, M.A., late Majesties the King and Queen as a token so- J. Ingram curate at Scholes, iu the parish of Barwick- of the loyalty and devotion of the Empire „ w aiting at the in-Elmel, to the vicarage of Sta Worth vacant Tea Industry during the last Jon ye al•. u bscrihers i " by the death. of the• Rev. C. F. Richardson, This is part of the celebrations markiitg took place 00 Thursday evening in the centenary of what is now the best-known \\-ilhaur Hall. presence of a congregation which filled the ee beverage in the , so w parish church of Holy Trinity. The former known that it is difficult to realise that it cereniony was performed by tl lli SIMI) Of is only 100 years since the industry w as. Holmes Ripon ( the lit. Bev. Geoffrey C. L. Lunt, founded. D.D.), and the latter by the Archdeacon of • Few' stories are more romantic than (ittreaistirer), S. of time Empire Tea Industry. Adventurer, Itichnamd (the Ven., C. G. Thoraton. There ii::•1111111.111:::tSS.iH:(. E. tsHat'HlAet ilrea'eel. was a good attendance of local clergy, those from China brought tea to this country from the Rural Deanery of Richmond North the 16th century. Early in the 18th century tea was found growing wild in Assam in Slr Frank Y being the Rev. A. Campbell Fraser, Rector the • remote- unexploredfoothills of the i e of Rokeby-with-Brigtiall and Rural Demi ; Himalayas, where natives have drunk it The statement the Rev. C. Hilton Hutchinson, fleeter of from time immemorial. It took Govern. • the year began ment investigators over fonr months g, Wycliffe ; the Rev. H. E. Booth, Vicar of i:449 9s. 4(.1 man lie cool( find for the work of the brother, Mr Cave. He said Mr Cave had reach the wild tea, areas in Assam, but they Hutton Magna ; the Bev. J. W. Brent, Vicar were not discouraged.. Experimental r e,, treeeipts include parish. He the Bishop) knew that parti- made an auspicious beginning in a service of Laithkirk ; the Rev. H. Lovell Clarke, gardens were laid out and planted and on £10 10s. front lb Rector of Ilarwick-iii-Elmet ; and the Ilex. cular pains ai d care had been taken in the which had mowed them till. Mr Cave had January 10th, 1839, the first commercial con- Conunittee ; E-12. choice Of a He Was a stranger to come to a very small, out-of-the-•ay signment of tea produced xvithin the 13ritish N. C. Leece, curate of ; the last- loan ; £3 35., f101 most of them. but not to hint (the Bishop), deanery—the smallest iu the diocese—and Empire was auctioned in London at Mincing mentioned ("cling as crozier hearer. The Lane. which is still the centre of the tea thet 41Lady 1.. s, 9d, Marna Rev. B. Selwyn-Smith• Vicar or Barnard and he was r o stranger to their iitocesan after Leeds he dare say lie would think they trade. from the Banks Castle, and the Rev. A. W. Sewart, formerly family. He would like thein to know •how were only very SI41;141 indeed. They were For the first planters the journey to the tea Rector of ; were also among the immensely co indent atid happy lie was few i numbers, but quantity. was not areas, was nothing less than an , exploring. the•late MrS C. Personally at out that appointment. He always quality, and although there were expedition. They went first by boat on the surpliced clergy, while in the congregation, River Ganges a.nd then through jungle on The Chairman were the Rev. C. Snushall, Rector of Rom- would like ill their names and iu, his own only six. or eight of them, and they' were the backs of elephants. Practically nothing gt is ftahcet oi•r3. ue • aldkirk ; the Rev. Lloyd R. McDermid; St. to thank very warmly ad those .who had not all of the same way of thinking, they was then:known of the nature of that pan residue Qf the country or of the inhabitants. Nowa- Thomas's, York ;.Mr H. Bacon Smith, Leeds, been such goo9 friends ) to them at Start- were very united, and duriug the time that could be regarde forth in this ong iuterregnum, those who he had been \Kith them there had never been days, it is possible either to fly from Calcutta secretary of the Bishop of, Ripon's Centen- or travel by railway. It has been estimated balance was abou ary Fund ; Mrs Campbell Fraser, Mrs as sequestrai rs had borne the hu•deh any difficulty - or trouble. He was sure Mr that something like 70 per cent. of the On the propos Selwyn-Smith and her daughter, Mrs P. of responsibili y while the parish had been Cave would have a very fraternal welcome pioneers died within the first five or ten by Father 'gnu without it shenherd, the Rural Dean and file at their next meeting, when the Bishop of years of reaching Assam from disease or Morgan, Mrs Hilton Hutchinson, Mrs Sewart adopted. clergy menial who had helped them, and Knareshorough would he with them. He accident. There were man-eating tigers. and Miss Sewart, and many parishioners of head-Minting tribes,! floods, earthquakes. It Was decided Startforth and friends from other parishes. the lay readers not only in their own was grateful to his two colleagues the and tumor wars. Those who were fortunate The Chairman The institution was preceded by the sing- diocese, but those from across the %valer in sequestrators who had managed the affairs enough to escape these had then to contend those friends wl with either plague, cholera, malaria, or one ing Of the hymn, " The Church's One the neighbouring diocese ; lie- thanked there of the parish during the past few months: especially the all very much. He thanked the flock for the They were very. good workers, but very of the many other afflictions of/the tropics. Foundation," after which the new Vicar These districts, -which were described on committee, a hill way it e was presented to the Bishop by the Arch- a rl kept together through 'these modestand coy men. But words were not rough maps of a century ago as .a mixture 'body, who had deacon, who accepted the presentation and difficult times. On' the eve of the Epiphany everything. They had worked nobly, and of uninhabited jungle and Swamp, have Reeks, a former now. however. been transformed by British directed that the declarations and oaths be they opened it new chapter in the history lie had also to thank the people of the parish svlio had given of Start -forth. and went forward after that who had kept so well together . during the capital and enterprise into a land of neat made and subscribed and taken, according tea gardens with railways, roads. electric special letters of very lovely service full of resolve and. to law. First the new Vicar signified his vacancy. He assured Mr Cave that lie light, wireless. cinemas, and most of the :hose donors. assent to the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion promise and prayer. confident that their would have a very loyal hand of workers to amenities of modern civilisation. Dr. Leishman In this' a•hio7ement the tea industry in and the Book of Common Prayer. The Lord Himsell lead them. It had been support lihn. In the Mute of the clergy of Medical Officer, st a solemn seiviee and they went forward the Rural Deanery of Richmond North and North aod South India has made a very declaration against Simony had been made 'considerable contribution to the strength, lie had received . privately before the ceremony began, but confident that the history of the parish in the people of Startforth and a good many and wealth of British Government in those requeSting treatili the days to came would be one of continual, the oath of allegiance to the King, his heirs friends frour across the water in the Bar- parts. From zero in 1839 the Empire Tea ehildren. under Iiv co-operation netween the Vicar alai the Industry` has developed until it Ow pro- and successors according to law, and the nard Castle area he offered the new Vicar men and boys eve people. a Very hearty welcome to the parish of duces over 800,000,000 lbs. of tea. annually. oath of canonical obedience to the Bishop dominating the tea marketS of the world. ured or relieved ; Were duly sworn to, and the IlishoP insti- He thought it appropriate that for his text Startfortit. with 1:120.1100,e00. of British. capital invested . and-16 remained he should chonse a passage from the second The Vicar, in a brief acknowledgment of in to over 2.000.ae tuted the incumbent to the cure of souls sit of the year. The lesson iu mattins that day, because their Britt,ish isInjgecetiS1.1ployment. the parish. Prayer followed, ma.1 1 1-1 st il t the welcome. humorously expressed the attendances at th service at Staitlorth was very much in the Years of experiments passed before sound kneeling the congregation sang the hymn, hope that by. his coming the quality of the methods of growth and manufacture were patients' houses... forefrout at the moment. It " Veni, Creator " (" Come, thou Holy was taken from deanery would not 'deteriorate: developed. Agriculturists. chemists. ba • his thatilis• to the Matthew iv. and v., and in the 1411u verse of teriologists, entomologists. were engaged - Spirit, come "). Mr E. If. Sharp, of Scholes, said twenty ._treat assistance. chapter v. they read. " Ye are the light of from- , and there is now in India The induction by the Archdeacon followed, people had travelled from Scholes that risked if it was ad the world : a city set upon a hill cannot be and Ceylon a chain of research stations and the mandate for thiS ceremony being handed evening, despite the wintry weather, to bear labotatories where every process isscienti. hid." Our Lora had taught the (tandem' testimony to Mr Cave's excellence, and he to the Archdeacon by the Bishop. Having tically studied. Ahnost, the whole of the '":14 iTs hntujildkebtef°d1;i:jel,1 lishermeo a Mier kind of fishing ill the could endorse that testimony because he machinery used in the . Empire Tea .Industo received the document the Archdeacon pro- dways difficult to pastoral office "Oath lifted men out of their had been warden during all the time that is of British manufacture. Instead of 1,•aos ceeded with the incumbent and representa‘ being rolled by the hands of coolies and be su lives and fntc an environment iii, which tives of the leggy and laity to the church Mr Cave had been at Scholes. He dare not then dried over charcoal braziers, as in this •i r•.. ti ticket is alone they cou d really live, titaching them say too much, but would let the people of Far East, tea in India and Ceylon door in the following order : The Verger . e was • mo•- t to live•in Chris who was their life.• Would Startforth learn for themselves ; but he through every process of manufacture with- (Mr C. Anderson), with verge and the key iilveu. • excessive use that every parish priest reinefithered cou- gathered from one or two expressions he out being touched by hand. Modern of the church, the crosshearer (the Rev. N. tion and science 'hive done much to het( tee ticket was use tiiivally du y to be a real fisherman for C. Leece), four duly appointed' church had heard already that Mr Cave had Made the tea planter. The industry subscAise luonths insteadteed of Jesus Christ. People wanted councillors (Miss Plews, Mrs Jackson, Mr J. to leel to-day a good impression straight away.. He generously to the London School of Treeh -a l er which it was i that this coma ry was going to be recalled . to thought it spoke Well for Mr Cave's Medicine and employs a large nunil-r 0! Clement and Mr T. Langstaff), two licensed ,)1(Iltioer.sCthraeiartmmaeriiit God without their paying any price for it ministry at Scholes that twenty people had doctors its the field. lay readers (Mr F. Wilkinson and Mr It. The celebrations yesterday consisted of a themselves Lind that something would come to bid him God-speed. He thanked the Briscoe), two representatives of the clergy ceremonial auction and a reception. The .....-1,s(1,grte;r than. that fi happen which would Make them better • (the Rev. C. H. Hutchinson and the Rev. J. Startforth friends 'for their 'entertainment. Lord Mayor of London. Sir Frank N. , ititended. men and women and fill their churches with Mr R. Briscoe, Bedale, said lie repre- Bowater. attended the ceremonial auction. NV. Brent), the incumbent, the Rural Dean. sLecealisshlae:sinsai l earnest worshippers. Jesus Christ, however, sented the parish in which Mr Cave began held in the city, and sealed a casket 'AO' the churchwardens (Mr It Hincheliffe and is to,be preserved for 100 years and ("1 ,01° • re treated w t ho had taught them that His. Kingdom could his ministry and could also bear testimony Mr H. Jackson), and the Archdeacon. The on °the second centenary on January . 141. :,,,11.ideaanchescabseefoie only grow by 'its manifestation in ordinary VO representatives of the laity having' passed to his excellence. From the first day lie 2039. A numher of caskets were auctsnied human lives. That Kingdom could grow t.roeagfondutostr the benc\AN without the door, and the door closed, came to Bedale to the hrst day that he was only as its truth was manifested in ordinary with them he was the same, and the people sTecietii)ersocoofe the the . Archdeacon laid the incumbent's hand At. the reception in the evenine the by.atnAteili:clt individual humus, lives. People did not en the key and inducted him into the "real, of Startforth would find him honest above principal guest was Sir John Andre ,,o""• read their Bibles nowadays, but they did all things and a hard worker. He we's sure Lord Privy Seal (who is in char, ' actual, and corporal possession of the 41 ' read very searchingly the lives c f those A.R.P.), who Was Governor of Bengal 1.1111,• the proposal church with all the rights, members and • that Scholes had suffered. a great loss mid who bore the nante of Christian, and judged 1932 to 1937. a appurtenances thereto belonging." Hexing Startforth had had a great•gain. He asked To symbolise the part played 1)Y dopted. Christ by vv gild they saw in His followers. all of them at Startforth to work with him, locked the. door the Vicar tolled the bell' planter. in the industry at the celebration:: ..,'Illl'.11hdiae ndkeHssoirInz,. eanDere nta Every Christie': should be a beacon set saying he was certain that if they did there arrangements were made for the tea seven times to signify his taking possession, y 23 ‘reported_eiptho r t oaedont upon a hill Which could not be hidden. would be a light on that bill at Startforth was used. at the ceremonial auction to Pr, and the representatives of the laity having brOught from the London Docks VS th" patients They had much to be -thankful tot iu the which would go put to all the region round t1:: knocked at the .door the Vicar admitted on the backs elephants. Elephants are. \1:,eijiltolasd peorffe luboues of th(4s whohad gone before. Their a octriea c them, the procession was resumed and the about. They would have in Mr Cave a used extensively in India. and Ceylon del : Vicar was now making a fresh start in a aum hymn, "We love the place, Q .God," sung, the splendid brother, teacher, friend, (it'd all garden- clearing jungle for making tea new district which had inherited a tradition afterwards for transport purposes. Bishop, who had been conducted to the front that they required in their spiritual life. wh by the churchwardens. taking part as at the ich. please God, they would pass on en- The Bishop of Ripon said he would like riehed and deepened. They thanked God ac font, the prayer-desk, the lectern, the pulpit, to thank the ladies for the excellent supper. for those who had lived in the parish Scala ,9inema, . the chancel step, at the Lord's Table. and Mr Cave knew how heartily he wished him " The Girl of the Golden West. - ‘, —boils being adopt before, and in a spirit of mutual prayer and at the incumbent's stall, the ceremony Wa ,s God-speed in his new parish and how comps to the Scala on Thursday, Itre sl'. co-operation t ley went forth to continued 1 proceed with. :1t the last-mentioned place pleased lie was that he had heel" appointed. singing stars Jeanette MacDonald and N la 1)011 r. He thought it was a good thing that Leeds son Eddy, together in a glittering s.';' ,' !! the churchwardens offered an audible wel- D; rt. ieLaeSiUshremr, The servic concluded Ivith the hymn, should - presentation of the famous Belasco , come, promising to bear their full share OH this occasion lie mixed up with Surpassing all their previous screen aels,' " Praise the ord, ye heavens adore Him," with the Vicar in all the work of the parish. that little bit of the Arctic Circle. It was a ances in the language of music, the l!` te ; and the episc pal blessing. committee, Other hymns followed,' the collection being joy to come to Startforth. The last time 1,.•• stars are seen and heard in an extla!; Miss Wighti Ian was at the organ. he came was on the hottest day in AugiAt, panorama of romance and song. The lo\'` (:eiliNi. taken during the singing of one, of them. new songs heard in the picture ela lson,weMreessras The Bishop, in the course of his address, Th Deanery Welcome. and he thought what a lovely spot it'would " Senorita," " Soldiers of Fortune." .gel to io.eltvi,re to. He was not quite so sure of , It said he knew the parishioners had been Later ther was a gathering in the Wind in the Trees," " Shadows el kun'aa nSds de leGWe.i YdCne-d:tot that n -s, Moon," " Who are We to Say," "Sun iittOn r looking forward to that evening for what Morritt Mem rial School, where refresh- of £10 to the The proceedingsthen terminated. Sun-down " and " Mariachie." which must seem to some of them an huniensely melds were erved by members of the theme of a lavish Spanish festival. •.•. ]ong time. He wanted to say that the length Parochial Ch rch Council. men.and a Girl." the attraction for M° 11.4.'s tee:rne.i cTishtoiernRich thei nf of the interregnum was not due VT the negli- Before the The scholars of the Day Tuesday and Wednesday next week. .ompany separated the Rural .;,;,f' gence of the patron of the benefice * but Dean on beha f of the.•lergy of the deanery School, having made a collection in the to the screen Deanna Durbin. the new '` "el^^et village and district, have sent £1 15s. to the ing discovery in a delightful' ill le rather to his anxiety to find the very best offered a hearty welcome to their new National Institute for the Blind. drama. •

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