DOMINION NEWS

Gisborne Times, 13 October 1932, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS

BAPTIST UNION CHURCH ACTIVITY ABROAD (Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 12. Tho Rev. B. N. Eade and Xurse M. Livingstone were welcomed home from Bengal at the Baptist Union assembly this morning. The assembly adopted tlie financial statement by singing the Doxologv. Dr. J. 11. Rusfibrooke paid a welcome visit to the assembly and begged leave to submit- -two greetings from Queensland Baptists and from tho Rev. E. Elder, who is in Argentina. Dr. Rushbroolto congratulated the Baptist Missionary Society on its achievement in reducing the debt during the past difficult year. Dr. Charles North moved a motion of appreciation of the services rendered for 30 years in Chamapur Hospital by Dr. Amir Hossain. FTRE INSURANCE SCHEME The Rev. L. B. Busfield reported for the Fire Insurance Committee that the profit for the year had been £4B Os 10d 3 and tbe fund now stood at £ll2 19s 10d. , . ■ The committee recommended the establishment- of an insurance fund similar 'to that in. existenco in the Presbyterian and Methodist churches, the system to provide _ for the immediate reinsuring of all risks, until a reputable insurance company. Mr Busileld said that it churches would I'nk up witji the union insurance scheme, they would be putting money into its special f uu d.! mstea of into tbe pockets of private agents. With proper support it would be possible to build up a strong reserve. It was agreed that the budget re the comino- year for tho Baptist Missionary Society for work in East Bengal, be £6786. It was decided also that' at the earliest possible moment, the hospital at.Chaudpu be converted into an instittuiori for female patients only.

TOBACCO PRICES DEPUTATION TO GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION WANTED TO STOP PHICE-CUTTJING » Prows Association.' WELLINGTON. Oct. 12. A conference of representatives of the tobacco trade of file Dominion was held to-day. It was agreed to join with tlie Associated Chambers of Commerce in a deputation to the Government tomorrow asking that- the Board oi Trade Act', the Costing of Living Act and tjm Commercial Trust Act be reI3 By preventing the manufacturer from controlling prices, these Acts, it was said, led to a number of large firms using tobacco as a decoy tor other businesses. A petition had been sont to Parliament asking that if tlie Commercial Trust Act could not be rdnealed, it should be amended to permit the price of tobacco to the consumer to be controlled. WHITE AND MAORI GIRLS AND CHINESE. legislatioTreqtjested. (Press Association.' . AUCKLAND, Oct. 12 The Auckland Society for the Protection of‘Women'and-Children has decided to request Parliament to introduce legislation to prevent the employment of white girls Uud Maori j girls by'Chinese. Officials of .ihb society .said to-day that there arc over 60 illegitimate r half-caste Chinese babies in Auckland, and that tlio number, of Maori giyls living with Chinese men is increasing alarmingly. Unless tlie suggested legislation was passed. theonly remedy was to allow. Ghir.ese women to. enter the- country, or prohibit the entry, of Chinese • men. The •present"position was tragic. t.