TELEGRAMS

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 104, 29 October 1909, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

BRICKLAYERS' AWARD. AN EXEMPTION. [BY TELEGRAPH — SPECIAL TO THE POST.] PALMERSTOX, This Day. The Arbitration Court exempted Palmerston from the Wellington Bricklayers' award yesterday. Mr. Benson, president of the Wellington Bricklayers' Union, appeared for the men, and asked that the award be made to apply. ,fle said he had had a number of witnesses on behalf of the unionj but they had all "turned dog" on him, as there was a feeling that if they gave evidence they would jeopardise their jobs. Mr. Pryor, for tho employers, said the position was a most peculiar one. In Palmerston there was scarcely a working bricklayer ; the work was done by small firms, of unionists. Out of six tenderers for a building the previous day, four were members of tUe union, and the successful tenderers were a firm of three who belonged the union. Mr. Pryor asserted that the practice was to work longer hours than the award, and that it was impossible for those abiding by the award to compete with these conditions. This was possibly the reason why there were no more witnesses. Thft court held that there was no foundation on which to base an award. Palmesrton was therefore struck outj .and the position of Masterton will be considered later. FEUDING NEWS. [BY TELEGKAPH—SPKCIAL TO THE POST.] FEILDING, This Day. Mr Ernest Short, Hit well-knpwn Romney shespbreeder, of Parorangi, was offered 12id per 1b fcr his fk-ece wcoi this season, but preferred to accept the good price of lid per lb for the whole clip — about 400 baks. The sixteenth annual report of the Feilding Permanent Building and Investment Society disclo&es a satisfactory state of affairs. A 9 per cent, dividend has been declared. J. M'Donald and J. Lock, who kept the settlers of Waituna and fcitanway in a ferment of fear for a -week owing to their thievery, and who wei-e smartly captured with their spoil by Sergt. Bowi den of Feilding, pleaded guilty to the charges to-day, ana the Magistrate (Mr. Thomson) sent them to gaol for three months. Over £20 was raised at a bazaar for the mision funds "run" by the Presbyterian Senior Girls Biblo Class. Reports from tho countryside continue to be of the- best possible nature regarding dairying, etc. A very i-uceesbful production of "The Gondoliers" was given last night by the Feilding Amateur Operatic (Society. There were 45 performers, all local Mr. Woodmass was conductor. [press association.] PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY. AT KNOX COLLEGE. CHRISTCHURCH, 28th October. At the Presbyterian General Assembly the report of the Theological College Committee was read. It referred with deep regret to tho death of the Rev. John Dunlop, M.A., D.D., Profes.jor of Systematic Theology and New Testament Exegesis in the college, and detailed that, though the appointment of his successor rested with the synod of Otago and Southland, the matter was of such high importance to the Presbyterian Church as a whole that it was decided to ascertain the mind of the Assembly. Tho committee recommend" ed the Kov. John Dickie, M.A., minister of Tarland, Scotland, for the position. At the final vote, eighteen votes were given for Mr. Dickie, and eight for the Rev. Frank Dunlop, Ph.D., Knox Church, Invercargill. The Rev. J. Chisholm, convener of the committee, moved: "That Mr. Dirkie be recommended Dy the Assembly to the synod for appointment to the vacant cnair. in the Theological College." lie would have been glad to have been in a position lo propose one of the local applicants. All things being equal, they should give preference to their local men. He had everything personally' to incline him to support the local man, but they had to look to the highest interests of tho whole church, aivct get the %rery best man .obtainable. The Home commissioners had very high &tauding, and were men of the loftiest character. The speaker eulogised Mr. Dickie as a man of high scholarship and literary attainment. His record ior a man of 36 years of age must be astonishing to those who had scanned it. Hg was regarded by competent critics as a theologian of a very high order. Tho Rev. P. B. Eraser seconded the motion. The Rev. Dr. Erwin came forward as the representative of the minority on the committee. There was a strong feeling in the committee that they should get. a. Home man, and there had been no earnest attempt to judge the qualities of the man whose name he was about to place before them. There should have been a greater attempt on the part of the committee to understand the qualifications of Dr. Dunlop. Ho first passed through their university with the highest credit to hiiiself. He took his degree of philosophy at Vienna with high honours rarely attained by a foreigner. He had also taken his degree in GeimaTiy with honours which the professor had described as extraordinary for a foreigner. They should give preference to a man who was in their midst. Considering the past actions of the Presbyterian Church, he was not surprised at tho decline in their students. There was scarcely a large church in New Zealand which became vacant but what they might put over tho door, "No New Zealanders need apply." He moved "That the name of the Rev. Frank Dunlop be recommended to the' synod of Otago and Southland." The amendment was seconded by ttie Rev. Ivo Bertram. The Rev. J. K. Elliott advocated the claims of the Rev. Alexander White, M.A., 8.D., B.Sc, for the position. A show of hands resulted in favour of Rev. J. Dickie by from, roughly, 149 to 156 votes. Forty-six or forty-seven votes wont to Mr. Dunlop, and 13 to the Eev. A. White. TEA-ROOMS AT MUNICIPAL BATHS. • NAPIER, 28th October. There has beon controversy over the decision of the Borough Council to allow the lessee of tea-i*oms at the new municipal baths to keep the rooms open on Sundays. The council to-night adhered to its decision, with the exception that the tea-rooms will have to be closed on Sundays during hours of morning and evening church sprvices. DEER IN CANTERBURY. CHRISTCHURCH, 28th October. At a meetirfg of the Deer Committee cf the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, the secretary reported that seven hinds and one slag, which had been ordered from Mr. C. J. Lucas, of Warnham Court, England, would arrive by the steamer Turakina, reaching Lyttelton about 20th November. It was decided to literate the deer in the same cenutvy os that in whlub tho »ix hind» w& iffifi siflgs w*w liberated is Nfty.es. ,

bei. last — that is, the Poulter River district. With reference to the Rakaia herd, it was decided that the time was now opportune to issue licenses lo shoot a number of the older stags, and the council of the society is to be recommended to issue not, moro than twelve licenses entitling holders to take two heads each. The Government will be atiked to gazetto the necessary regulations providing for ths issue of such licenses, and applications for them will be received by the society not later than 14th January. "GODLESS UP-BRINGING OF YOUNG PEOPLE." AUCKLAND, 28th October. At a meeting of the Cambridge Church of England Men's Society last evening, the chairman (Mr. Wells) referred to the godless up-bringing of young people. . The Yen. Archdeacon Willis said that he noticed Sir Robert Stout •upholding the value of the present educational system, and expressing opinions against the introduction of religious teaching into the curriculum. Evidently ho was still uninfluenced by tho Bishop of Auckland's reference to the pagans of New Zealand. The Archdeacon added that there was no doubt that the Bishop was right, and that there v^ere a largo proportion of pagans here. SLIPS ON MIDLAND RAILWAY WORKS. CHRISTCHURCH, 28th October. As a result of the recent gale, there have beer a few slips on the Midland railway works, between Broken River and the road crossing at Slovens Creek. These will probably take two or three weeks to clear up, but will not delay the completion of the line to Cass, which still deponds en th°, completion of the Slovens Creek viaduct.