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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 49, 28 February 1905, Page 4

On Saturday afternoon a section of the D Battery went out to Lyell's Buy to go through riilo practice The fihooting, which was carried out under service conditions, was judged by Master-Gunner Richardson. The Battery i» still very keen in the work, in spite of the disappointment they had at their annual camp through no range being provided for them. They are looking forward and working ,hard to improve in view of the Easter camp, when they expect to got through their annual shell firing if a range can be found. The Council of Churches met lnet ovening, about a score of members attending, juio President (R-ov. Dr. Gibb) waa in tho chair. Tho matter of appointing a chaplain to represent tho Council at hospitals, asylums, etc., cauie up on tho report of a sub-committoo. It was refiolved thai owing lo the great claims now being made on the Christian community, the appointment be deferred for twclvo months. Tho President mentioned amoug tho claims the appointment of an organiser in connoction with the Biblein -schools movement, with regard to which tho churches have to find 5250 at loast. The Council decided to communicate with similar Councils and church bodies with a view to making a combined offort to induce newspapers not to publish Tattersall results. The President pointed out that the committee appointed to deal with tho matter and to approach the local newspapers, had decided that it woukl be no use approaching individual newspapers unless similar action were taken elsewhere throughout tho colony. The President and tho Secretary were appointed to draw up a minute recognising the services to tlie Council of tho Rev. C. Dalloston (transferred to Napier), and tlie Rev. S. Bailey (transferred to Dunedin). The Council passed a resolution welcoming tlio coming of Mr. Smith, who comes to Wellington under the auspices of tho V.M.C.A. as an evangelist to young men. I he latest phuso of tho trouble between the Wellington Woollen Company and the Petone Borough Council regarding the Korokoro Stream water rights is a decision by tho Council lost night, on Councillor Macfarlano's motion, that the solicitors be instructed to file the Council's counterclaim to the company's claim for £317,000. On Councillor Castle's suggestion it was made clear that the coun-ter-claim will only bo filed if nothing has trnnhpirod in the way of an amicable settlement to make the filing unnecessary. Councillor Mncfarlane remarked that the Council had not taken any land under the Public Works Act, and he did not see how the company could proceed under that Act in filing a claim. But as it had done so, ho presumed the Council had bettor filo a counter-claim within tho statutory lime. Cabinet has at last coiyo to a final decision in rofcrence to tho troatmen* of bonos imported for agricultural purposes in tho colony. The idea of erect ing sterilising works at Auckland and tho Bluff at a cost of about £30,000 was abandoned somo weeks ago, and it has now been decided to sond Mr. Laurie, tho Government sterilising expert, to Sydney, and Mr. Lascelles Ward, lato of Iho Finger Print Bureau in New Zca land, lo Calcutta, to superviso the steam ing of bonos at thoso places before they arc shipped to this colony. Both officials are to leave for thoir now spheres of duty noxt week. Mr. Ward was at ono timo in tlio Polico Forco in India, aud is said to have an intimate knowledge of tho cattlo diseases in that country. Mr. Laurio was formerly connected with sterilising works in Queensland. Tho Ministor for Agriculturo considers that Iho arrangemont which the Government has como to will provo to bo much more satisfactory than if tho bones woro dealt with at Stuto-owned works in the colony. It lwis been estimated that if tho Government sterilised tho bones the cost would havo been about £1 per ton, but tho Minister docs not oxpoct. that tho oxpenso of the supervision in India and Australia will amount to more than 2s 6d per ton. Tho expenditure in that direction will bo borno by the Government. The annual importation of bones into tho colony is about 15,000 tons. The list of caws set down for hearing at tho Stipendiary Magistrate's Court yesterday was so long that the previously adjourned cases against Lou Dang for alleged harbouring of opium had to be further set forward until Monday next. The charge against Henry Alexander Campbell, alleging that he did steal £5 in money, tho propery of His Majesty tho King, was adjourned until the 6Si March, pending arrival of a police officer from Perth (W.A.). James Dalton, who travelled on tho Government railway between Thorndon and To Aro without paying hia faro, was fined ss, and costs (9s 2d), in default of payment forty-eight hours' imprisonment. Sarah Wiilin w«» grunted a summary separation order against Arthur Wiffin, the wife to have custody of tho children. A grievance of ratepayers in the Korokoro and Maungaraki districts is that they aro rated by the Petone Council for me interest on cortain loans from the expenditure of which -'they get no direct benefit in roturn. Last night Mr. G. Jones, one of those in this category, waited on the Council and complained tiiat he was rated 4d in tho £ for the water loan, but got no water. Ho had spent £30 in erecting tanks, nnd would be prepared to pay 8d in the £, the full rate, if tho Council would supply him with the water. To do this latter, it was stated in reply, would be a physical impossibility The Mayor added that it whs quite boyond the power of tho Council to grant any relief from tho 4d rate. Tho Korokoro and Maungaraki settlements were included in the rating area when the loan was raised four years ago. The Council had made representations to Iho Government on the matter, but as tilings stood at present, the Council was bound to levy the rate. One of the most interesting classes for the instruction of very young children on Sundays is the infant class attaclied to tho Wesley Church, Tnrnnaki-slrcet. Tho methods of instruction have been modelled on American lines, tho result of observations made by Mr. G. Tiller during his travels abroad. The class, which is conducted by Messrs. W. 15. Howe and G. Tillet, attracts the attention not only of visitors to Wollington, but the proceedings are frequently watched by old members of the school. Tho class lias a roll of 235, of which 125 are girls, and tho room is often crowded to excess by the interested young folks, who give the closest attention to tho object lessons on the Kind table and the blackboard. A ifeaturo of the furnishing of the class-room is the provision of separate chairs (miniature armchairs) for 156 of the young people, but the regular attendance exccccls this number by about 20. As a matter of fact, the attendance has outgrown the accommodation, and tho monagurs of the class, with the assistance of touchers and scholars from the main school, aro npw organising a saleof work for tho purpose of providing sufficient funds to erect a new schoolroom. The trustees have agreed to the building being erected upon a piece of vacant land adjoining tho two-story primary school, and will also contribute £ for £ raised by the organisers. It is hoped the new schoolroom will be completed boforo noxt summer's warm weather begins. Kirkcnldio nnd Stains, Limited, are now exhibiting model lials for nutumn and winter wear, and they aro magnificent creations. Details of four of tho smartest bats are given on pagb 7.— Advt