CHRISTCHURCH NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 14 October 1922, Page 8

CHRISTCHURCH NOTES.

tv/ui own correspondent.) I CIIRISTCHI.'RCH, October 13. i BRIDGE OF BEAIEAIBKANCE. I A matinee by the Nellie Bramley 1 Dramatic Company is to be given to ’morrow (Saturday) afternoon in aid lof the Bridge of Remembrance fund. 'A programme is being offered that under ordinary circumstances would cos. easily double the amount charged I<< witness it, for it is undoubtedly out (i 7 the finest ever submitted to a New I Zealand audience, and will comprise acts from ••Sunday,” ‘-Within the * Law,’’ and in audition Io a one-act comedy entitled “The Rest Cure,’’ al so a one-act play by two local an thors, Messrs Booth and Patrick, which mul a remarkable run of 1(5 weeks on •.md at the Tivoli Theatre, Sydney. There will be an augmented orchestra for this special occasion. ASSOCIATION’ FOOTBALL. At Aloud ay night’s meeting of Uic Canterbury Football Association, ii was resolved that letters 01 appreciation be sent to the West Coast Association, expressing pleasure at the good lime given the Canterbury rep. team that recently visited there. A similar letter is also to be sent to Mr Oscai Egdcn, proprietor of the Royal Hotel DR, ERWIN RESIGNS. Much disappointment was expressed at yesterday’s meeting of the Christ-| church Presbytery, when the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Erwin, M.A., wa> received. A commission from Knox Church waited on the I’resrjyrery am. j expressed their sorrow at Dr. Erwin’s; resignation. However, as his resigna | lion was in his interests and in lhoi interests of the Church, it was thei sad duty to acquiesce. Various mem- I bers expressed regret at the breaking of Dr. Erwin’s pastoral tie, and eulogised his work. The Moderator (Rev. J. D. Webster) said they must accept. | the inevitable and accept it as graciously as they could ; but their hearts were aching. Dr. Erwin had always been truly helpful in the fullest sense of the word. The motion accepting Dr. Erwin’s resignation was carried. Dr. Erwin, in reply, declared that ho counted himself lucky in that he had come to the church when many of its pioneers were still alive. As far as he could trace, there was only one minister (the Rev. N. McCallum alive to-day who was in the ministry when he joined the Presuytcry. had given deep thought and prayer to the step he had taken and had come | to the conclusion that it was the onL action he could take. ANDREWS TO CONTEST CHRISTCHURCH NOkiH. Another influential deputation waited on Air E. H. Andrews on Tuesday, and yet another yesterday morning, urging him definitely to announce himself as a Reform candidate for Christchurch North. In reply, Air Andrews said that he intended to do that ai his meeting of friends to-night. This seat is now considered to be a‘sure lhi ng’’ for Labour, now that a Reform. candidate is in the field. ASHBURTON BEAT. From Ashburton last night came a “special” message to “The Star’’ announcing that the Labour Representation Committee discussed the question of contesting the Ashburton scat against the Hon. W. Nosworthy, the silting member. The meeting decided to cuter a light provided that a suitable candidate could be found in the interests of Liberal-Labour. The committee took the view that its candidate should be allowed a fair amount of latitude in the matter of platform provided that he was in the position to vote “no-confidence” against the present Government. Asked why the local Labour Representation Committee should choose to contest the seat in the Liberal-Labour i*fterests an official staff'd that « local Labour Party was not going to acepl any extreme policy, neither would it tolerate extremists. ”11 we are not going to acept the Labour Party’s extreme policy, we have got ito allow our candidate a lair amount of latitude.” This message is extraordinary in view of the fact that such a body as “the local Labour Representation Committee,” which is non-existent, should make such a statement. This is evidently some sort of an ‘‘election

CHINA AND THE FUTURE. ‘lt is estimated that 4,000,000, or over 1 per cent, of the people die annually from purely prcv-entible causes i such as floods, famine, cholera, anu plague. Yet the Chinese Increase,” said the Rev. G. J. Williams to an in- , terviewer of Tuesday. Mr Williams, I who, with his wife, arrived in CTiriston TuesTlay inorning, Tas been j sent out by the London Missionary So- j ciety. He was in China recently for 1 Ihe •purpose of visiting the Society’s stations there. ‘With the construction : of railways, conservation of iTvers, the ; installation of modern sanitary and ■ water systems, hygiene, a stable Gov- «i eminent, and other reforms, the great- i er part of this waste will be eliminat- 1 <■(l ami then the full effect of China’s ] birth-rate will be felt.’’ Mr Williams < went on to say that according to the ; .1920 census there wore 441,1 « people living in China. “In China,”t