The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
St. Michael's Church, Palmerston
St. Michael's Church, Palmerston , is a wooden building seated for about 130 persons, and the average attendance is about eighty. In addition to this church, there is another built of wood at Hampden, with accommodation for fifty worshippers, and at Macrae's there is a stone church, which will hold 100 persons. At Hyde there is a church of the Sacred Heart. It is built of stone, will seat 130, and has an average attendance of about 100 worshippers.