DOMINION NEWS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 15 April 1925, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS

DENTAL CONFERENCE. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION AUCKLAND, .April.; 14. . At the D entail Conference this afternoon the Alayor: (Sir James G unsoil) welcomed the members- to the city! The dental profession rendered the public a sendee, half of which was not, he feared, sufficiently appreciated. Its work was counpl.eimeuba.ry to that of the great medical profession. The secret of happiness, was to be found not in> worldly possessions, but in contentment, and that in' turn was founded: on good health. In its contributions to the public weal in that respect he highly apprai.ed t ire, work of the dental profession. \ " The election of ■ officers resulted- as follows: Air. A. Dickens (Invercargill), president; Mr. W. W. Squires (Nelson), vice-president; Dr. K. C % Morpeth (Wellington)) chairman of executive (re-elected); Mr. M. D. - Maegown (Wellington), ■ hon. secretary (re-elected). . An invitation from the Otago, branch bo hold the next conference at Dunedin was referred to the executive with a. favourable recommendation. SISTERS OF MERCY. v AUCKLAND, April 14. The landing of the eight founders of the Order of tire Sisters of Mercy in Auckland 75 yeans ago was commemorated to-day. High ina<=is. was eele- . brated in the chapel of St. Alary’s Convent, Poiisonby, in the -morning, Bisliop Oleary presiding, and a enjoyable garden painty was.held in the afternoon, fully 600 guests being present; Bishop GLeary paid a warm, tribute to the splendid record achieved by the order, which he described as the finest flower of the Catholic faith.. On behalf of the Catholics, of Auckland, .he r handed to Mr. lid McVeagh, . for * presentation to the wasters ; a. cheque for £6OO, subscribed as a niiark of loving appreciation. , : PAINTERS AND DECORATORS. NAPIER, April 14. t The annual conference of the Nievy. Zealand Painters’ and Decorators' Association of Workers is being held here. Mr. G. T. Owen (Christchurch) occupied the chair. *. -• •* : ' Following a lengthy discussion .on the dangers painters a,re subjected to from electric installations, during which it was pointed out that insulating material only lasted five to seven years, it was decided to approach , members of Parii.amenit of the various districts with a view to promoting legalisation on the matter. A proposal to work for a 14-hour week of five days was rejected, the eight-hour principle being -confirmed. THEFT AT RAILWAY STATION. OAMAR.U; April 14. Last, night the . keys belonging to the clerk at the Pukeuri.' railway station were stolen and the office and safe broken into,- a considerable' sum being stolen.' A young man named Samuel Robert Olein nd has been arrested. All the money lias been recovered . . - - FIRE AT WAIROA. WATROA, April 15. - An eight-roomed residence in Clyde road, occupied by.-Mrs Broad and owned, by the Hin dinar sh Estate, Napier, vyas completely destroyed by fife early this morning.' The dccupants escaped in night attire, and practically nothing was saved. The building was insured in the Norwich office,- the amount not being known. The contents were insured for. £520.