CONGREGATIONAL UNION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7385, 11 February 1902, Page 2

CONGREGATIONAL UNION.

(per press association.) Auckland, February 10. The annual meeting of the Council of the Congregational Union opened to-day. The Rev. J. Sarginson, of Lin-wood, Christchurch, took the chair as president of the Council for the current year. The Leith street church (Dunedin) and the Palmerston North church wer& admitted to the Council. The Rev W. Newman Hall is expected to arrive from England, via Australia. Mr Hall takes charge of the Courfcenay Place church, Wellington.

Mr Charles Schwartz, of Sydray, who has invented a steerable air-ship, believes, that a speed of 80 miles is attainable by his craft, and the journey to London — the distance of which in a straight line is given at 8000 miles— will be made in four days.

During tbe four weeks ended February Ist, the Waihi Goldmining Company treated 12,920 tons of ore for bullion valued at £39,459. The total won from the mine now exceeds two million sterling.

Those in want of vehicles of good quality will be afforded au excellent opportunity of satisfying their desire on Thursday, whea. some thirty— two and four wheelers— will be offered for sale on account of Mr Worßfold, who is retiring from business in Hawera.

The past month has witnessed (says the Mail) some substantial sales of wheat in Oamaru, mostly taken by outside millers for mixing purposes. The National Mortgage and Agenoy Company have just completed sales of wheat totalling upwards of 10,000 sacks at full market rates.

Since writing a note, which appears in another part of this issue, in respeat of tbe futility of looal criticism of British military methods, when bungling is not unknown looally, we see that the Taranaki's Herald has taken the same view. Bat it adds : — " And this particular incident is only one among many which might be quoted to chow how very badly managed the Department is. It is, for instance, about a year since the Taranaki Battalion was constituted, and it took nearly six months to get the officer commanding appointed. Since then recommendations have been asked for and made over and over agair of. officers to fill the remaining battalion appointments. The officers recommended! have been fulfilling the duties, and their formal appointment has been repeatedly promised, but so far without result. Consequently tb.7i battalion officers have not only to perform both battalion and company duties, but tbe officers' chosen number of recruits to fill their places have their promotion delayed. Again, there was the delay in providing the equipment for the annual camp. Tbe result is the discouragement of volunteers and a large number of resignations from the companies, without a proportionate number of recruits to fill their places. We oould multiply instances of mismanagement and negleot, but sufficient has been said to show that a new broom is sadly needed in the Defence^ Office at Wellington."

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