SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 256, 26 October 1907, Page 6

SOUTHERN NEWS.

/By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CANTERBURY SYNOD. CHRISTCHUROH, Friday. The Diocesan Synod to-night discussed, at considerable length Archdeacon Harpers motion for the establishment of a Diocesan Girk' High School in Christchureh, ai an estimated cost of £8500. An amendment in the direction of starting such a school in a small way was rejected, and the debate adjourned till Monday. The question of Sunday funerals. was also discussed, and the following motion earned, on the motion of Archdeacon Scott, "That this Synod welcomes the protest of the Canterbury Trades and Labour Council against the custom of Sunday funerals, and urges the laity of the diocese in all possible ways to support the clergy in their endeavour' to reduce such funerals to occasions of absolute necessity on the ground emphasised by the Council, that Sunday funerals deprive many persons of their day of rest, and stUl more, that the spiritual work of the Church is thereby seriously interfered with." RIFLE SHOOTING. WELLINGTON, Friday. The grant of £700 made by Parliament for the encouragement of rifleehootrng has been allocated among the different military districts as follows:— Auckland. Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago, £ 100 each for competitions open to the public, and £50 each for competitions for volunteers only; Nelson, ■£50 for public competitions and £50 for volunteers only. . NATIONAL INSURANCE CO. DUNEDIN, Friday. The accounts of the National Insurance Company for the year ended' September 30 show an available balance of £46,539 11/10, after paying an interim dividend for the half-year. The directors recommend the payment of a further dividend of 9d per share, making 1/6 for the year, and the carrying forward of £29,339 11/10. The sum of £10,000 "has been added to the reserve fund. FROST AND HEAT. ASHBURTON, Friday. . Although warm summer weather ' is being experienced, to-day's temperature .in the shade being seventy degrees eight degrees of frost were registered this morning. The effect of this on fruit , and early potatoes will be very serious. ATLANTIC SALMON. WELLINGTON, The Hon. J. A. Miliar' has promised to accede to tha request of -the last Acclimatisation Society's conference that attention be given to the introduction of the Atlantic variety of salmon. A few hundred pounds will prooably be voted tor this purpose on the supplementary The Government has decid- « that the best watershed for the intro-?V*?w*-ni« in Southland, -