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Otago Witness, Issue 3413, 13 August 1919, Page 3

A Press Association telegram fcoaj Timar-u states that tho people at Pleasant Point have collected' about £7OO to make! provision for the widow and family of the late Rev. J. G. Gunn (formerly of Roxburgh). Mrs Gimn proposes to remain at Pleasant Point, and a committee pro poses to buy or build a homo for her, > The arrival of the battle cruiser Jfelf Zealand in tho. dominion has (says a Pres* Association message from Wellington) been; delayed to a date not yet fixed. Locally everything possible has been done to try and get the New Zealand to come inside th» Otago Harbour. Messrs T. K. Sidey, Stat* ham, W. D. Stewart, A. Walker, and J» M. Dickson, M.Pt's, have dono their utmost in the matter, but they have been informed by Sir James Allen that the cap* tain of the battle cruiser has so far de» clined to take the risk of coming inside tho Heads, and nothing further can be done until the arrival of the New Zealand at Wellington. Writs have (the Dominion says) keen; issued by the liquidator of the Dominion Portland Cement Company, of Auckland (Mr Eyre), against certain of the past directors of the company, claiming the sum! of £IBB,OOO for alleged negligent management of the company's affairs. .The question of its attitude towards Si* James Allen's new Territorial training scheme is a matter still to bo brought before the Dunedin Presbytery on the 5 th, tho Rev. W. Trotter, on behalf of the Public Questions Committee, reported thafc the committee. had considered and disoussed jfche matter from all points of view, but it felt that it was not yet ready to submit a definite recommendation. It felt that it had not sufficient definite facts on which to go, so it asked that the Presbytery might refer the question back to the com. mitteo again for further inquiry. The Presbytery agreed to adopt this course. At the meeting of the Bruce County Council on the. sth. a . letter was received from Mr W. B. Steel (secretary of the Hydro-electrio Power Committee) stating that at an important meeting in Dunedin with delegates present from most of tha public bodies in Otago, it was resolved thai the sum of £2OOO be collected to provide means of investigating the most suitable souroo of supply for electric powsr for tha whole of Otago. A fund would be raised immediately and the committed looked to

the Bruoe County to oontribute £IOO. Cr Boyd said that at this Btago it -would ba almost criminal not to give all tho assistance possible. He believed that the scheme irould be such a huge success that it would

■aot cost the ratepayers a penny. Ho would move- 1 -" That the county pay ita proportion of the initial expenditure up to £100." He believed the money would all be refunded. Cr Clark seconded tho mo-

tion. Cr Russell said he was sure the scheme would be a success. If ;he hydroelectric, power was not developed the county would go back. Tho motion was carried unanimously.