A CHURCH JUBILEE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 1350, 12 June 1907, Page 4

A CHURCH JUBILEE.

On June 13th, 1857, the Constitution of the Church of the Province of New Zealand was put forth by ia conference . of bishops,, energy, and laity held ati St. , Stephen's Chapel, Parnell, , Auckland.' To-morrow the jubilee of this event willbe celebrated by special services at [ St, j Mary's Church, as at .other parish churches throughout' the colony. Apart I from its religious significance the occasion is. of absorbing interest to. all whq have watched or. studied the develop-* ment of the calony. The Anglican, I Communion does not, of course/ date its f introduction to New Zealand from 1857, j for fifty years earlier — just a century ago — the Rev. Samuel Marsden urent i Home from New South Wales aad persuaded the Church Missionary Society j to send missionaries to labour among the. •Maoris. On .Christmas -Day, 1814, Mr.' Marsden preached the first sermon ox£ the spot marked only the v other day byi the Marsden Cross. ' x In 1823 the Rev. Henry Williams' came to New Zealand! and became leader of the Mfesi6n"party.^ Three years later the Rev.' William Williams, afterwards Bishop of Waiapu, : arrived. In 1838 -Mr: -HiidfieldV afterwards Bishop of Wellington, was ordained a priest, arid in. 1842 Bishops Selwyn, has be*en' described- act the great master-builder of the Church, in" New Zealand, arrived: In 1857' Bishop • Harper was elected Bishop of Christchurch, and 'With- BtSlfo^Selwyn took a leading part in bringing about the event whose jubilee is" .to ."be celebrated to-* morrow. With, them sat in conference the Revs. Henry, Williams^ William" Williams, R. B. Taul, A. N. Brown, 0. ' Hadfield,'C. J. Abraham, Q. A. Kissling, [and J. Wilson, .and Messrs. Stafford, Tahcred, Sttainson, Haultan, Prendergast, and Hirst, representing^ vTh.e conference held ita- first meeting on May 14th, 1857, and finally ; adopted the constitution on June 13th. Thus the Church of the Province of New f Zealand' established its complete independence and became autonomous and s'elf-gdverfaiffgv - The foundations were well and truly laid, and a magnificent I superstructure has been built upon them , by those who have since laboured in the! Anglican Communion for the glory ofj God and for the good^ of this country u\ Local 4 members^|Of the Communion, will > 'jioi^ntfeiss 1 %Ave '.'it ocpui 1 irresistibly to |* their feiftds hdw great a. part was taken * | in the history of the'Clicurchin thikpar[ticular part of the .Province by the | Venerable Archdeacon Goveft of revered memory. - Perhaps, ■ too, the 1 occasion is one when it may 'pot be", out of .place to urge that the scheme of erecting a memorial to the, Archdeaqon should be proceeded with as soon as possible', so J that those older settlers wW had the I privilege of listening to hjs ministrations during a great part of their" lifetime may see, the work completed. ' r '■; /;'

A law has been enacted by the Utah Legislature making th£ g&in&of? bridge illegal. The penalty is fixed at five years 1 imprisonment. :.' :'*\ Five. Chines** have at different times tried to get a footing in business in Manga weka. According to l the Rangitikei Advooate they have all been starved out. • ' . ' The name of the greyhound. which was sold recently in England for a record price is Platonic, a brindle. He> was defeated in the semi-final of the Waterloo Cup this year. The second number of the School Journal has been issued, in Wellington. The third part, for the senior , pupils, contains Kipling's "Recessional," an excerpt from Motley*s "Dutch Republic," and extracts from Charles Kingsley and. Sir .Walter Scott. • The following advertisement appears ; in the West .Cdast. Times :^-The person in* the h,abit of helping hitaaejf 'to the coal belonging to- a resident of Beach ■ Street is hereby warned to avoid a number, of dynamite caps which will probably be placed in tfie vicinity of the "coal to ensure his identity! The Christchurch Press says- — The rule -which forbids prisoners to' read or receive newspapers, is a piece of stupid red tape dating- back to the dark ages, and 1 ou f ghir to' ba abolished:. We can believe that this enforced ignorance of current events in .some cases acts as an obstacle to a discharged prisoner being able to take up honest employment. "Not so. very long before his death the Right Hon. R./J. Seddon. informed ;us that the Government had hot taken ov,er the ManaVatuJlailway over a year before, becauso, vby 'waiting until last October, it would sate about £10,000." . , T,hus writes C. P. W. Longdill, of Tai- ' hape, to the New, Zealand Times. "As to exactly how this saving was to be effected I am not clear, but what, every time I have travelled on the Manawatu line since that date, has occurred to my mind is that October has come and gone ..and.no further mention, whatever of the purchase by the Government of the Manawatu Railway has been made Why is. this?" X * A correspondent Supplies the Melbourne Leader with the following : A -good solution for destroying blackberry may be made by dissolving 81b of crude arsenic in 5 gallons of water by the aid of lib or 1 Jib of su'lfefilde of soda. Place the arsenic, soda, sulphide and water in any suitable vessel, and boil till the solids are dissolved. The. mixture can then be reduced to any strength desired by adding water. Sulphide of soda can be made by fusing sulphate of soda (salt cake) with carbon (charcoal), or drobably can be obtained from the cwliolesale druggists. The blackberry' scrub should, be cut and burnt, and as soon as the new growth appears appjy the"s6lutxon fairly strong, about -£ to .*, by means of a fine rose or .spray* pump,* thoroughly netting the ,grp.u£d.V The application may " have. te £ »;b& > '>epßaited three or four times as [soo^j^Kqw. tea* ves begintb appear, ' Some years ago I got rid of U patch of- C.a I pa^i % n < ,th.istles by iiye or six applications of ,the; abpve- soliStion. I believe ;the'sulߣA4ei.<jf soda is better fqr dissplving r the .arsenic than cither washing 'soda qt> cfrustic-rsoda.

To cure rheumatism, gout, sciatica," and lumbago the excess poisonous uric acid must be removed. "Rheumo" will quickly and permanently do this. All chemists and stores, 2s 6d and 4g 6d per bottle. Just try it. . 10

Tho ladies of Westport have collected £50 for the Seddon memorial fund.

The temperature at, 9 a.m. was 57 ieg. in the shade and harometric reading 29.93. Part 3 of the Statistics of New Zea'and for 1906,, embodying those relating ;o Trade and' Interchange, is to hand ;r; ro m the Registrar-General.' ' The formation^ of asphalte crossings it the centre of the town, the inter-sec-oion of Devon and Brougham Streets, .vas began tc-day. The value of potatoes as a food for rtock (says the Melbourne Leader) , is iemonstrate4' in the Albury - district, .vhere, it is stated,- the use of potatoes ;or feeding sheep has been tried with jatisfactory results.. The food is said to je nutritious, easily distributed, and 3conomical,.none of it being wasted.

An instalment of £200 on the Mangaaui Bridge loan will be placed to the bounty Council's credit in the^Treasury h a few days. Instalments of £120 on ..he Tapuae?. Bridge loan and £80 pn -,hat of Qakiira will be paid when the county's application ' reaches Wellington.

Several men are now engaged on the york of setting the town clock in position in the Post Office, tower. It will probably be four or five weeks before bhe clock is in working order. The pro» ;ess. of erection is being supervised by Mr C. Burton, of the staff of Messrs W. Littlejohn and Son, Wellington. Admiral Nebogatoff has arrived at bhe Petropavolsk fortress to undergo liis sentence of 10 years' detention massed on him by the naval court-mar-;ial for his surrender at Tsushima. He 'las been provided with a nice bright j ?ell and is allowed to take walks in the garden and on the lawn near the for*-' bress walls. The prevailing fashion among ladies Df carrying their handkerchiefs in -their purses taught one fair resident of OhristGhurch a lesson recently. On leaving a dentist's surgery she pulled her handkerchief from her purse, and with it two £5 notes. She has heard, nothing since of the -lost money.—' Lyttelton Times. , | A sister of Major von Tempsky recently paid a visit to the battlefield of Te Ngutu o te Manu, where the distin-. guished Prussian lost his life in action against Titokowaru's men. During her .visit she was presented with a greenstone axe, which was dug out of the ground near the. spot where her brother was killed.

The winter is bringing its round of maladies to the schools. On account of an outbreak .of scarlatina the Oaonui school was closed last Friday for a fortnight. Whooping-cough has compelled the Huirangi people to close their school. The Rahotu school, which was slosed some time ago on account of a ikin trouble among the pupils, has not yet re-opened.

The late Dr. Alexander, of Dunedi^ under his will bequeathed £1250 to tie Governor of St. Helena for the benefit of the native-born poor and"" the necesitous inhabitants of the island. The legacy was given in recognition, of the fact that St. Helena was His birthplace, and his family has been closely connected -with it ior a lengtfcy period; — Press Association wire.

Writing about the arbitration laws, the. Sydney Morning. Herald. says that io long as, tWjdecisions of the Court, were in favour of the* employee the Arbitration Court was absolutely the best j md noblest .tribunal which was ever established. 'Doubt prapt in when the lecisions of this Court were overruled by higher authorities ; the doubt deve•eped into grim suspicion when it was actually sought to enforce the spurt's iwards against employees wno nad broken them ; *nd to-day the heartiest opponents of the Act which created this Court are to be found amongst the wage-earning classes. At the Police Court this morning i several parents were prosecuted by the Truant Inspector for failing' to send their children to scheol regularly. Messrs R. Cock and W. Bewley, J.P's, were on the bench. Finee were imposed;-, as follows: — John Hale, Junction Road, 2s 6dwith costs 7s in each of five cases ; John Hodgson, Lower Mangonel, 8s with costs 7s in each of two cases; R. A. Woods, Hurford Road, 2s 6d without costs in each of two cases ; Mrs S. Jones, Stent Road, 2s 6d (costs 3s) ; Mrs N. Halpin, Warea Road, fis (costs Is 6d); Martin Brophey, Stent Road, 2s (costs Is 6d) ; W. Cubbon, Pungarehif, 2s without costs. Frederick Gush, Old Hospital Road, was discharged with a caution. \ ', \

It sounds amazing, but actually there will be no stonemasons, no carpenters, and no bricklayers employed in the building of the vast blocE, which is ; to form the General Post Office extension tin London. Indeed, no skilled workmen, except the .gangers rfnd the foremen, will be necessary for the work.. All the rest will be labourers. The explanation of tfcis apparently miraculous undertaking is that the great buildings are to be erected on the Hennebidue Ferro-Concrete system; they will be call steel and concrete. Under this nojrel system, as described by the Westminster Gazette, the whole framework of the building may be said to be steel — somewhat on the principle, and yet greatly differing in 'detail from the American plan — encased in concrete, which it naturally strengthens and supports, but which, when the building is finished, is quite, invisible. A completed building has the appearance of be|ing composed,>of Portland storie. Wooden buildings would seem to have special favour with the Government. Quite recently (says an exchange) the decision to extend the Government Buildings in Wellington in wood called forth an unavailing protest against the disregard of the city's by-laws. Now Auckland is objecting to the erection oi a wooden building for engineer's; of-, fices near the railway station, in the "brick ,area." The chairman of the Underwriters'" Association has stated that the carrying out of this work would seriously affect th* fire risk of adjacent valuable properties. The Mayor has acjcordingly sent a further protest to the [Acting-Minister of Railways. "Under ithe circumstances," says the telegram, "I respectfully btit emphatically protest against the Government violatingour by-lfews, and trust you will recognise your moral obligation land seriously consider the urgent -necessity of erecting a brick building worthy of the city's requirements and the site."

Captain Edwin wired at 12.42 p.m. : -^Northtgls^Btsoßg winds to gate. Glass fall/tides. high"7 sea jheavy, ram, probably heavy', fivers in flood. l , t A dance was held in the Omata- Hall Jast, evenings in aid of the hall fund. Between 40 ' and 50 couples took part. The floor was in good order, andU the gathering was altogether enjoyableujThe music was provided by Miss Hilda |Aace an.d Mess^-H^Xuiibridge and Joseph. The Hall, Committee intends, to ( hold similar reiinioas,.each month during thjEL winter on3fee Tbjursday nearest th^fufl The gentleman who lost the old, top hat, bob-tail coat, , and the. umbrella with one- rib, can see them on the stage at St. Mary's Hall on Friday night.

The- entertaimne«W>o;lje given in the Whiteley Hall on Thursday evening should prove of great interest to the public. In addition to the musical items, two of which will be N given by Mr Harris, of Nelson, who is a singer of repute, the Rev. H. A. G. Keck, the nowly appointed minister from V* c *°" ria, will give a.recitalxrf. frontier life inGippsland. He has a very interesting A story to tell and the public may refy on an enjoyable evening. - -«

The pertinancy of the popular sitting "it is better to prevent than to ciire" is never more applicable than when we are concerned in the care of our physical* health' and, it might be ad&ed, particularly in regard to the organ of vision: Tennyson said "We gather the honey of wisdom from thorns, not from flowers," but it must be recognisedjthat the thorns may cause irreparable <pfsas- ' ter, while the philosophy which foljows it gives little comfort. And that'per; son is in a happier position who skives and preserves the eyes than he of she who is forced to seek a remedy fojL' defects whichu have- been brought about by want of care. - These remarks should justly enliven, our readers to the importance of *the- subject and remind them of the opportunity' now available of obtaining the advice of skill and ex- , perience" on matters relative to the. eye. Tho specialist, Mr , Jno. L. Nicol, ' may be consulted at the Burlington Club ..tea rooms until Saturday. — Advt.