LOCAL AND GENERAL

Evening Star, Issue 17955, 28 April 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

MX-—-C Wellington city estimates, which have ■beoit under consideration tot some time, wnv. not ready for presentation to the council meeting last evening. It is unaerotood (says a Press Association telegram) that important adjustments hare yet to be made before the council can be satisfied that the current financial year will conclude without a debit balance. It baa been practically laid down bv the mayor and the lunnnco Committee that the city must live within its income. Various loan matters, including the terms of the loan winch the council desires to raise locally, were discussed at the meeting, and a general policy of administration agreed upon. A special meeting of the St. Kihla Borough Council was held yesterday afternoon.‘the mayor (Mr J. W. Dove) presiding. The, object was to confirm a vcsolntiou cai'riod at a previous meeting to p..i) from the general revenue the iiKeiest on tho loan of £14,000. A formal confirmatory resolution: was passed, and the council adjourned. The spiritual mission at Knox Church was continued last night, when thoKw Tulloch Yuille h.ad ns his .subject H.'au a Man Deliver Himself from Sin’s Guilt and .Power?’ He spoke of the universality of the sense of guilt inspired in men by the presence of goodwill, tcniud also in little children. Nothing bred despair like remorse, especially when it was remorse for hurt done to other people. It was this sense of guilt which gave sin its power; for it led men to give up the battle for goodness. The preacher pleaded for a gladsome, wholesome life, which accepts tho gospel of forgiveness just as it stands, and which in the freedom of it buoyantly triumphs. To-night Iho meeting will take the form of a gathering for meditation and prayer.

A Wellington telegram states that in the course of his address to the Arbitration Court yesterday Mr J. iM'Combs, M.P., urged that a cost of Hying commission of inquiry be set up to ascertain tho basic wage. The president of the court (Mr Justice Frazer) remarked that in 1912 family . budgets were collected, but this information was out of date. In 1919 the Government Statistician sent out 20,000 budget hooks, but only 106 were returned, and'many were not satisfactory. If tho Government repeated the experiment he imped the workers would be urged to comply as closed v as possible with the request. Mr M‘Gumhs replied: “We havo_ not established a base yet, and the inquiry I have suggested would bo necessary for the purpose.”

Colonel A. E. Stewart, C.M.G.. D. 5.0.. who latterly commanded tho Rillo Brigadu in France,' lectured at tho Officers’ Club on Wednesday evening on ‘The 2nd Battalion, Rillo Brigade, Raid on the Angle, Juno 10, 1916.’ In an hour's talk the colonel convoyed to his audience a graphic description of that event, and demonstrated the extreme care and attention to the very detail with which preparation was made for attack of this nature. With tho aid of aerial photographs and information gained by scouts an exact replica of tho section to be at tacked was constructed, and the selected officers and men were- thus trained to their allotted tasks for some days before tho event. There was an excellent attendance of members, and at the conclusion a hearty vote of .thanks was accorded tho lecturer.

Mr D. Todd presided over the annual mooting of tho Dunedin Hospital Guild yesterday. The annual report and balancesheet were rend and adopted. Mr Todd, in referring to the report, said that the number of garments which had been made by the guild was very creditable. The election of office-bearers resulted as follows: —President, Mrs R. W, Glenclining; vice-presidents—-'Mesdamos Barnett aiid Spedding; lion, secretary, Mrs D. Todd; hon. treasurer. Miss N. Callender; committee —Mesdamos Carr, H. Bold, S. Holmes, Ramsay, Eomison, Vanes, GreenBlade, and Loudon. Mr F. G. Gumming, representing tho Patients and Prisoners’ ,ititr§WTCty, convoyed his society’s appreciation of the work tlono by tho Dunedin Hospital Guild in co-opcration with the former society.

A tourist who cam* down the Wanganui River during Easter states that the trip was glorious, and so was tho charge of 4s fkl on the houseboat for a meal, more especially after reading the recent Government statistical figures of how tho cost of living bad fallen. Tho tourist also stales that visitors from other countries will think that tho spelling of tho Now Zealanders is frightfully bad, ns evidenced on a door of tho houseboat, “ Dinning Saloon.”

Last evening a social gathering in connection with tho anniversary services of the Mormrigton Baptist Church was hold, and was largely attended, Tho chair was taken by Pastor Benfell, who had associated with him the Revs. R, Raine, Guy Thornton, and C. Dallas ton. The secretary's report showed the church to be in a healthy condition. The membership had increased, and work generally was in a forward state. The financial position was satisfactory, in view of the fact that the amounts had been spent in maintenance and renovation. A very attractive programme was presented, in addition to suitable addresses by the Rov.s R, Rains end Guy Thornton. Tho choir rendered several anthems ; solos were given by Misses Wilkinson and Wilson and Mr C-rewcs; a duct by Misses Hogg and M‘Loanan; and a recitation by Miss E. Billiker. Mr P. Walker was in charge of the choir and Mr Glover acted as accompanist.

Something in tho nature of a bombshell exploded in tho camp of a number oi South Canterbury sportsmen who had made arrangements to shoot over waters in Waimato County on the opening of tho shooting season (says the ‘ Timaru Herald’). ' They made application on Monday for a license to shoot, and were astonished on being told that no licenses would bo issued, as there was to be a close season for native and imported game in tho Waimato acclimatisation district this year.

“This..man has spout £l6 on drink in a few days,” said Senior-sergeant O’Halloran at the Napier Police Court, when James Henry Goddard, aged fifty-six vwirs, with a splendid growth of hhiok whiskers, appeared on a charge or helpless drunkenness. The senior-sergeant said Goddard bad been twice on Rotorua, Island, and had only just been released. Since then, although he had a considerable sum of money, he had been sleeping out. “One of these days ho will be found dead,” remarked the senior-ser-geant. Goddard was remanded for a weak lor medical treatment.

Tbits district was the scone of terrifying thunderstorms on Saturday, 'just before noon (savs the ‘Wyndham Farmer’). The flashes of lightning and peals of Humdor viee awesome! No startling damage, fortunately, occurred, so far- as wo can learn,; t«t, as evidence of the force of the lighting, it may bo said that on Mr John Wood’s farm, Wyndham Ridges, tne liquid (ire struck a line of trees 20yds from the house; and a Purus msigms, 35ft Rich and 2ft diameter at base, was completely severed 15ft up the trunk, while another big tree had the bath stripped clean off it on the near side. All over the place the telephone wires wore disorganised, too; and a linesman had to go to Fortrose, where it was reported several poles had beau knocked over by the furious elements.