LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14462, 28 November 1914, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pressure on our space compels ns to hold over, a quantity of reading matter,.including letters from Mr Pirani and others. p. T !| 0S ? ' V J h ° trave ' over the GouvillcCastlccliff tramway,hues will be interested m an aavcrtisement appearing in another column notifying that on Monday next the new system of concession tickets v/ » 1 1 come into operation. , The Dominion Conference of the New Zealand Moderate League was held at , eihngton yesterday morning. Mr A A. S. Men tenth presided and delegates Horn the various branches now established throughout the Dominion were in attendance. „ The Hon. Thomas Mackenzie attended and praised a private exhibition of a unique series of kinemacolour films of jNew Zealand sport and scenery. The Government will probably exhibit the views throughout the world.—Times. and Sydney Sun Cables.

Mr Hall, Attorney-General of New South Wales, has issued,,a jyrit against the Worker, claiming ,£SOOO, „for alleged libel. There i-i in the rooms of the Mayor of Wellington, waiting to be Kent away, a marvellous collodion of Christmas gifts for the Samoan soldiers. Mr W. A. Ycitch did not speak in Wanganui last evening, being away in Fcilding, where he addres.-cd a large meeting on behalf of the Liberal candidate there, ad received an excellent hearing. The evening classes at the Technical College closed last evening. Thp annual prize giving ceremony in connection with the day classes will bo held on Tuesday evening, Bth December, when Professor Hunter, cf Victoria College, Wellington, will be the principal speaker. Professor Hunter has also kindly consented to deliver a lecture in experimental psychology on behalf of the Philosophica Society on Monday, 7th December. Arthur F. Ncwbold, clerk for the Ivaitieke County Council, pleaded guilty at Taumarunui on Thursday to a charge of having fraudulently converted to his own use certain money the property of the Council, viz , drogues, one of Jc 4, one of £3. one of £l3, and one of £l2 2s (id. Accrued was committed f r r sentence at the Supreme Court in Auckland. Our fleet has cut Germany off from all the world, and has brought its industries to a standstill, while leaving all the ocean route; free to ertr shipping. And what is true cf the position in the North Sea is true of the position in the Mediterranean (says the London Daily News’). The Austrian licit is as helpless as that of Germany, and a large nrrt of it is now bottled up at Cattaro, awaiting inevitable destruction. Tire enemy, in short, has ceased to exist at sea. It has kept its fleet in being; but for all practical purposes it might as well he at the bottom of the rsa. It hits not struck a blow to save its commerce or its industry. The honorary secretary of the Wanganui Orphanage acknowledges the receipt of £5 Is (proceeds of sole of cow) from Mrs Collins, Gonville, also £2 19s 9d, net proceeds of concert given at Gonville by the Oastlecliff Minstrel Coy. The Gonvillo Town Board has very kindly allowed tho Orphanage children the use of the baths free, with instructions to have them taught to swim. Mr Hayhow and those performing tho “Beauty and the Beast” Pantomine have generously offered to put Me pantomine on for the benefit of the Orphanage next Friday evening. Amidst all the war trouble, and the-, great help the people of Wanganui arc giving to the different food funds, it is pleasing to note that our own arc not overlooked. The committee of the Orphanage very highly appreciate the help so generously given, and feel that they have many hundreds of helpers in the good causes they are employed in. The annual Synod of the TaranakiWanganui district of the Methodist Church commenced at New Plymouth on Tuesday, when there were about fifty members present under the presidency of the Rev. T. G. Hammond. It was docidcd that the best wishes of the coninntte be conveyed to the chairman of the district (Rev. 11. L. Blamires), who is absent with the Fxpcditionarv Force as chaplain. The Rev. A. B. Chappell, M.A., was elected secretary of the Synod, and the Rev. W. B. Scott assistant secretary. with tho Rev. C. H. Olds, B A as journal secretary. Tho Rev. W. B. Scott was elected representative to the stationing committee, and the Rev. E. 0. Blamires substitute. The report of Mr L., 1,. Bassett, the secretary of church property, was received, and revealed a healthy state of church finance. The current income was £4520 19s sd, and the expenditure £sOll 16s 6d. Enlargements and minor improvements totalled £844 19s 4d, and the insurance upon Buildings £23,290. Two new sites were secured, one ehurcii and two schoolrooms being erected during the year. The Synod expressed its appreciation of the work of the secretary, and recommended his re-appoint-ment at tho ensuing conference. It was resolved to send the best wishes of tho Synod to the chairman, who is absent with the Expeditionary Force, also to Mrs Blamires. The Rev. J. J. Mather applied to become permanently supernumerary at the ensuing conference, which was unanimously granted. The Rev. L. Hudson applied to return to the active work, and the request was sustained. It was resolved that no alteration be made in tho present itinerary system.