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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 50, 1 March 1905, Page 4

LOCAL aNB GENERAL. 1 Tho month which closed yesterday wus nn exceptionally dry one, only 1.45 in of rain falling in Wellington, and that amount wns recorded aa the total of six days' fall. The month wns nlso exceptionnlly free from high winds. The ruin which fell throughout last night, nt times heavily, wns much needed in suburbs and count iy. The thirty-second annual conference of delegates representing tho Methodist Church began in Wellington to-day with n committee meeting of tho clergy. Tomorrow evening there is to bo a lally of Christian Kndpavourors »nd young pouplo in i .mno'-tion with tho conference in WeeIcy Chui ih. As a result of his tinvels about the country Dr. Poninro a reported to huve said that he is not able to encourage the hopo that tho native race is increasing, or that it is oven holding ita own in point of numbers. Lieut. -Col. Lovedny presided over n meeting held in tlio Mount Cook Schoolroom last night in connection with the formation of an orchestra for the school cadets. Mr. A. Oliver undertook to conduct the preliminary practices at his private- residence, nnd some" twenty children agreed to join tho orchestra.