PRACTICAL BROTHERHOOD

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 307, 27 December 1924, Page 6

PRACTICAL BROTHERHOOD

(n the Christmas season it i* especially worthy of notice that Liverpool t'aihrilral. which when completed will rank as tho third largest church in Christendom. ranking after St. Peter's, in Rome, and :.he Cathedral of Seville, is to be-thrown open to ministers of all denominations. "It is intended." the Bishop declared, ";o ask ministers from all Chltrche* to occupy our pulpit in this our cathedral— theirs and ours—and to throw it open to all men of goodwill and all seekers after truth." Speaking later the Bishop said: "We shall endeavour to assist and be assisted by every man who pursues unflinchingly the quest for truth, which is the quest for God." This note is unprecedented in regard to English cathedral life, and shows how rapidly the Churches are advancing towards a better understanding of each other's position. It has been described as epochal in Mie history of the Anglican Church and in the religious life of the country generally. The Archimandrite of the Greek Church and (he President of the Free Church Council of Liverpool were both present when the Bishop made his pronouncement and both expressed t £ eir desire to help this move towards reunion by every means in their power. The

day is not long past when Bishop Percival was most violently assailed by orthodox churchmen for having asked a prominent nonconformist to preach in his cathedral, and even so tolerant a churchman as Bishop Ellicott made a strong protest against Canon Wilson preaching in a Congregational chapel. Now we find our latest and largest cathedral offered as a home for all men of good will, and presumably offered with the full consent and approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury and other rulers of the Anglican Church. It is recognised that this is not so much a move towards corporate reunion as towards an assertion of community of aim and ideals among Christians. The cathedral is to be a common rallying point. It affords opportunities for declaring the cominri: faith of Christianity such as no parish church and no single church of any other body can afford. Dr. David seeks to make th« cathedral a truly national building. As a scholar and a former headmaster of Rugby, he has a reputation that extends far beyond purely clerical circles. His invitation is likely to have tar-reaching effects. It is a practical step towards brotherhood, and as euch i» particularly welcome in regard to a matter which has so often in the past produced little but fruitless discUßsion.

The Auckland Racing Club's Cup meeting yesterday was ushered in under anything , but favourable conditions. The A.R.C. lias always been regarded as a strong favourite with the weather man. but lie turned the club down badly yesterday and instead of King Sol beaming clown on the course heavy rain l>ll at short intervals throughout the day. Thi* had a marked effect upon the attendance, the fair sex not being present in so large numbers as is usual on Cup Day. Betting, too. was afl'ected. and" though the amount handled at the machines reached £11.>,3:50, this was £22.317 10/ less than on Boxing Day last year. Presumably caused by a thrown lighted match. :i fire yesterday broke out in a wheeled shed in Salisbury Street, used by the Tramways Department for storing kerosene and street lamps. The blaze was discovered by a workman who was filling lamps, and he summoned the Western District Fire Brigade. The fire was extinguished, after the shed was practically destroyed, and many of the lamps damaged. The , Western District brigade, with the City brigade, last evening, also attended an outbreak to a partially completed house that is being built in Old Mill Road, Grey Lynn. The fire was caused by the combustion of rags saturated with linseed oil. The flames were extinguished with chemicals. One room ivas slightly damaged. While bathing al full tide at a spot known as "The Caves." about a mile west of Paritutu on Sunday, says the "Taranaki Herald.' , a young lady, though no great distance from the shore, got into difficulties with a strong undertow. Observing her plight .Mr. C. D. Collins promptly plunged into the surf. and after a struggle brought her ashore in rather an exhausted condition. His plucky action was especially commendable on account of the choppy sea which was running. This locality is a dangerous one in which to bathe! and the incident should serve as a warning to others who might be tempted by the attractiveness of its appearance. There have been three or four similar occurrences there during recent seasons, and it might be suggested that a warning notice should be erected. One of the best methods of judging the amount of unemployment 'is the number of applications for work received by the Labour Department throughout New Zealand, and as the current year has almost ended, a comparison with previous years is available (says the "Dominion".) Both 102:S and 1024 were good years, the applications in ln-21 and 1022 being four times and three times respectively as many as in 102:1 and a drop in 1924 of nearly !1000 applications for the year in comparison with the previous "period. The actual number of applications in the Dominion was 2JU4B in 1923 and 20.,26 in l<l2l. The influx of workers from the United Kingdom has not apparently affected the out-of-work market. Tn other branches of the Department dealing directly with the public, such as inspection of factories and award-, there lias also bee,, a noticeable improvement, the prosecutions for breaches being almost a negligible quantity. The Department has made a feature of arranging differences between employers and workers amicably xriih a considerable amount of success. A great deal has also been done in issuing notices for factories to post up warning employee* to be careful and giving useful hints of great benefit to those working amongst machinery and belting. What !s probably the fastest trip ever made in the M"ttelton-Wellin<*ton ferry service is that which the ° oil burner Wahine completed with her arrival at Wellington on Wednesday morning. Her average speed was 2O.'n knots, rind this constitutes a new'recorcl. The Wahinc succeeded in establishing two records. She left Lyttelton at. f1.2~> a.m. on Tuesday, and" when passing thioueb the heads there encountered a heavy swell which lasted for over an hour. She next battled with a cV.ppy s Oa f or two hours, but from Cape ("anipbcl! the s ea was smooth. The Wahine's arrival at Wellington at 6.1.". p.m. on Tuesday gave her the excellent average run of '20.2 knot=. On Wednesday, however the vessel lowered her own record' leaving the -outhorn port at S..'{j a.m.. she made port at Wellington nt .1 ."> p.m.. and her average speed from heads to heads, represent" CO.!) knots. A mishap recurred to the ferry steamer PupuV-r yrstercby in the Hnuraki Gulf when about 1(10 excursionists were on board bound for the Matiatia-Oueroa Beach. The stOHiner left the wharf at 10 a.m. and when off Uangitoto the connecting rod «,„ the circulating p nmp broke, putting the main „„„)„* ' ' plctclv out of o,de, The plfpukc™ xnchorea in the channel, the master signalling for a fug. ,\ launch was after wards dispatched from Auckland and by a quarter to three the ferry steamer was Lack again at the wharf \]] the accepted the delay nonchalantly a string band -n board assisting to enliven the slow vova-e back to the city. Owin~ to the" trin being abandoned the passengers had the choice o! a refund of their fares or of makmg the trip by the satna vessel which left tor the same pleasure re'or at m a.m. to-day. • Jt -will interest, motorists tn L- .1 * the Kast Coast Zfulm via S.lverdale to Waiwera. has received the attentions of the grader and is now n excellent smooth condition for the holiday traffic, Ule Through the generosity f1 ■ people the. Salvation Army was ableT make up tour hundred parcels of biscuit

An elderly gum-digger named William McDaid, living alone, died in Mβ shack on the harbour frontage a few miles from Helensville. The body was discovered by a settler on Christmas Day, death apparently having taken place about a week before. Deceased had no money, fter investigation with the police, the coroner, Mr. Claridge, decided that an inquest was not necessary. The general manager or the Christchurch Tramways states that yesterday's had weather caused a loss of £800 or'fOOO to the Tramway Board, £800 or £900 that was sorely needed. He added that to meet the wishes of the Railway Department the Tramway Board had placed extra cars on every route to enable passengers to reach the railway station in time to take trains to sports and other gatherings in the country. As a result of the weather conditions the cars were almost empty and the arrangement, which was tried' for the first time, caused further loss. With a Wellington friend, the captain and chief engineer of a steamer trading between New Zealand and Australia had enjoyed a very good time, and on parting the genial citizen presented the seafarers with a bottle of whisky, with which to charm away the lonellv solitudes of the night watches. The cheer was not abused. Indeed the last spot from the bottle was not erased until the steamer was ploughing her way through Bass Strait. Then the "ohi«f" had an idea. He wrote a cheery message, asking the finder of the bottle if he would forward same (the note, not the bottle) to the genial giver, corked up the bottle, and consigned it to the deep. A few weeks later the note turned up in Wellington. The bottle, hating to part company with those with whom it had kept company, must have followed in the wake of the steamer, for it was picked up in Port Phillip by one who was having a day's fishing in the bay—a traveller, curiously enough, for a well-known brand (if whisky. Truly a thousand to one chance. At the recent University examination, Ram. Roy Whiteside was one of the successful graduates to take the Degree in Medicine. Dr. Whiteside is a descendant of old colonist 3 who settled at Tuakau, Lower Waikato. many years ago. He has resided in the South Island for several years and has established a brilliant scholastic record. Entering the Neleon College with a junior scholar lip, he took the senior national scholarship two years later. He passed the matriculation examination before he was fifteen years old, and was the dux of hia form for five years, during this time gaining several minor scholarships that he could not avail himself of. Later he entered the University With a University scholarship and he attended the Otago Medical School. As an athlete he was well to the fore. He won the Cooper Cup of the College for the six miles' rough cross-country running, the Pogson Gold Medal for long endnrancc running, and a silver cup for winning the half-mile race, besides trophies in other events. He also played in the College football fifteen and held the rank of Sergeant of the Nelson College Cadets.