N. Z. News.

Inangahua Times, 11 December 1929, Page 3

N. Z. News.

v (Per United Press Assn.) COltscientious OBJECTORS ALTERNATIVE SERVICES AITI hvI.AND, I.aM night. A proposal whii-.h it was consUtrer! might offer n final solution to the prnh lent of finding a suitable alternative service for conscientious obj.-c.tors to military service was cordially approved by Auckland Presbytery today, when the following resolution was carried: “The Presbytery of Auckland welcomes & proposal that when exemption from military service has been gnanted tn conscientious objectors, the alternative service should be work at orphanage institutions of the denomination? eon earned. AM ACCIDENT IN PUBLIC WORKS QUARRY. » j • WAIROA > Last Night. The victim, Taylor, die.i this afternoon. Donation to College Fund e I To Establish Bursary. Wellington, This day I The Wellington College Board of Governors have received a letter from John Gallie, of Kelburn, advising that he bad paid to the Public Trustee £IOOO to be invested in the common fund, the amonnt of interest derived thereby to be paid to the Board for the establishment of a College Bnrsary to perpetuate the memory of his two sans who made supreme sacrifice in the Great War. They were Captain Oscar E. Gallie, D. 5.0., M.C., R F.A , and Captain Victor J. Gallie, M.C. C.DG., R.F.A. The donor expressed a wish that the Board might be long spared to award the Bnrsary, and his desire was that It might stimulate rcci- I pients to emulate his sons, both “ Old Boys.” of the College, in character, patriotism and devotion' to duty. The gift was gratefully received by the Board. Licensing Law A Fine Point ■n m i * c Hamilton, Dec 11 Holding that the Club had no right to supply alcoholic drink to those who paid for admission to a football social. Magistrate Wilson to-day imposed a fine of £2 each on the President and Secretary of the Gordonton Football Club. They pleaded guilty to selling liquor without a license, the supplying of liquor as part of the entertainment being legally constructed as selling. Destruction of Small Fruits Petition for Relief Waimate This day A meeting of the growers of email fruit, alee the market gardeners of Waimate, dieenaaed the position arising from the severe frosts of November 16th. It was stated that in some eaaea the whole crop was completely destroyed, while others were severely damaged, causing great hardship, and the meeting, decided to petition Government asking for relief for the growers who had suffered. A petition, to which already a large number of signatures are appended, baa been placed in the Daily Advertiser’s office, in order that farther sufferers from the frost may affix their signatures.