NEWS IN BRIEF.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2028, 14 August 1920, Page 23 (Supplement)

NEWS IN BRIEF.

In the Methodist Church, Durham ! Street, to-morrow, the Rev. \V. Baumber will preach in the morning. In llioi evening the Rev. W. Ready will speak , on "The Gospel of a Bread-winner. ' j Good music and singing will bo provided, i An Australian mail, ex the Ulimaroa, j consisting of ','>'\ bags and 22 hampers, ! is expected to arrive here on Tuesday \ morning.

At a meeting of the Woolston war j Memorial Committee, it was reported i that over £IOO had been collected. On i October .'!0 a big Domain Fete is to be i held, in which all sporting and other ; organisations of the district will take part. Arrangements are also being made for displays by the school ■ children. It is proposed that the | memorial take the form of a pavilion ' in the domain. The total amount of funds held by New Zealand Patriotic ami AVar Relief Societies on March SI last was £1,760,567, says a Wellington message. The number of men who had over 20 per cent, disability then totalled 32G5, i which number will be increased very ] much when full particulars are obtained from the Pensions Department. In i addition there will be a large number of j men who will break down as the result ! of War service.

A conference of South Canterbury I members of the Protestant Political Association endorsed the action of the i Council of Churches, Christchurch, in | drawing the attention of the Prime , Minister to the policy of the "New Zea- ' land Tablet" in undermining the loyalty of Roman Catholics to Britain, says a Press Association message. Archbishop O'Shea's denial of the teaching] of his Church concerning the validity of mixed or other Catholic marriages ! not, contracted before a priest was dis- j cussed, and quotations were given from the Roman Catholic "Pink Catechism" stating that persons married under such I conditions "are not married at all." CHEAP MOTOR-CYCLES.

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