WAIKOUAITI NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12351, 13 May 1902, Page 7

WAIKOUAITI NOTES.

fPnou Oua Own Correspondent.)

May 12. Harvest thanksgiving services wero hold in the Presbyterian Church yesterday, the minister (the Rev. J. J. Cairney) ably setting forth the lessons to be learned from* harvest time. At St. John's Church, at night, the Jlev. C. A. Fraer gave tho third of his special addresses this 0110 dealing with education. Ho emphasised the necessity of definite religious instruction being given in the public schools by accredited teachers of tho different denominations, after the plan adopted in the New South Wales schools. A meeting of the Choral Society was held in tho Library on Thursday evening, Mr Davis presiding. The secretary (Mr Kelly) read the annual report find balance sheet, showing a. credit of £2 15s 4d. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the conductor (Mr Kerr) and the accompanists (Mesdames Kerr and Harper). It wes decide:! to start practices again on Thursday, Wnrt iwt., in the public school. Tho flag was flying at half-mast on the Borough Council Chambers on Friday last out of respect to Mr A, H. (Jill, who died at Palmerslon on that morning. Deceased resided at Waikouaiti for upwards of HO years, during which timo he was for 12 years clerk to tho bench, also proprietor and editor of the local paper. He was town clerk from the time when Hawksbury became a borough, aud occupied various other positions in this community' until his removal. The funeru), which was it private one,, took place at St. John's Churchyard on Sunday afternoon, the deceased hein" laid to rest in the family grave.