TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2241, 1 October 1889, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS

[PBB PbbßS ASSOCIATION,] j | Social Evjl. Auckland, Ootober 1. ] At » meeting of tbe Auckland Pres- ' bytery to day Rev Mr Monro. »t the request of tbe members atafaed ibe facts he ! bed learnt In his visit to tbe plaoea of Im* morality In tbe oily. He found a very great deal of vice existing, and tbat It was en the Increase eip.olally since tbe Ooutaglona Diseases Aot went out of foroe. The comber of woman engaged In a life ol -rice had Increased from 75 to over 400 He was aurprieed at the number aod the fllasi of men frequenting auoh places. •nd tbe amount of mouey spent. Tbe o»oaea he attributed to lata boura, dan-tug, men of war visit* , bad literature, climate and fleah food. He deplored the want of agencies of reform, whlie hundreds of agents of vice existed; Men lived on their wives' vlee, and mothers oo their daughters'. On the motion of tbe Rev Mr Snraervllle » voto cf thanks wbo p s<ed tanao'mocely to tbe Rev Mr Monro, and the Committee of the Presbytery was requested to convene a meeting of all jklnlstars to consider the question. Cemetery for Wellington. Wbllington, Ootober 1. Tho City Oonncll line r?colved 19 offets of sites ««U*blu for a public cemetery. They obtained anthotlty to r-lse a loan for ■. the purpose by special Aot last teuton, JumDezzl ement. Dunidin, Ootobir I. At tho City Court to-day, Thomas Waugh wag xen^dtd on two farmer