CHRISTCHURCH NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 February 1928, Page 5

CHRISTCHURCH NEWS

METHODIST CONFERENCE. (Special to "Star.") CHRISTCHURCH, February 24. Appreciation of the stand taken up at Uast year’s conference, when’it was decided not to accept any further grants for charitable purposes from the T. G. McCarthy Trust was expressed at to-day’s session of the Methodist Conference, by Mr H. P. Mourant, of Wellington. Mr Mourant’s remarks were made when the report of the ‘Wellington Methodist Charitable and Educational Endowments Trust was submitted to the Conference. He congratulated the Trust Board on not having accepted any money from the Macarthy Trust, following the attitude of the conference last year.? He was pleased to see the Presbyterian Assembly had taken a similar stand. The report of the Endowments Trust Board stated: “Owing to the decision of the 1927 Conference, no grant has been received this year from- the governors of the T. G. Macarthy estate, the application being Our members and friends arc looked to make up the loss in our income which will be sorely felt, unless givers see to it that we are not placed in this unhappy position.” The report was adopted.

CRUELTY TO HORSES.

“I have very strong opinions regarding cases of cruelty to animals,” said Mr E. Mosley, S.M., at the Court today, when inflicting fines on William Bigwood, and Joseph Whiteside, for working horses with' sore shoulders. VI have read quite a number of English journals on the question, and I would point out that they take a far more serious view of cruelty than we do in New Zealand,” continued the Magistrate. “Repeatedly men and women are sent to gaol in England for such offences and £25 is quite a common fine. I have only once had occasion to send a man to gaol for cruelty and he got three months. I am satisfied that both defendants have been guilty of- cruelty and the cruelty was inflicted knowingly the horses should not have been worked at all.” Inspector White, said that the draughts concerned wei;e engaged pulling very heav* loads. The horses were in poor condition and were not worth 30s. Fines of £3 with costs were inflicted on each defendant.