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November 16. Church Forms. Asked if he had anything to say. in regard to the decision of the Presbyterian General Assembly on the report of'the Committee . on Church Forms, the Rev. Dr. Sidev. told a. reporter that he was s'orrv that the matter ij 0 ?" sncln ' d - ft was a question*that would have.to be*faced, and it.would come up again when, conditions were not so favourable as,at present. Dr. Sidev- took strong '. exception to the. remarks of the Rev. A. A. Whyte, of : Havelock, that the report was .that, of "a defeated and discredited committeo.. . This,. he said, 1 was not. correct. ■1. lie committee had never submitted , : aiiy ,'• report to be .discredited, but had- simply put forth proposals in 'tentative form in ■. the "Outlook;" A report was to have been ■ submitted; but was withdrawn on receipt of the' Anthology of Prayer, which had been presented to .the Assembly of . the Free Church of Scotland. This tho committee accepted as a model. Dr. Sidev stated ; that the Liturgy he preferred 'was 'that of th« Dutch Reformed Church. Ho said that the ministers of some of the leading Presbyterian .churches in New. Zealand appeared to bo adopting forms, of their own. Building Operations. A prominent business man interested ifl several building enterprises estimates , thai there are 'it present in' Napier and immediatt surrounding districts; buildings in course ol ' erection to.the Value of Tho principal of these; are'the splendid new Caledonian" Hotel,'extensive additions to,the Ma». sonic Hotel,- largo offices for. Messrs. DalCo., ;.handsome new technical sohool, and' a large residence .for Mr. G. P. Donnelly. ■ Difficulty is being experienced in regard to labour, and .for this reason some large;works.are'being hindered. ■ Carpenters are especially in demand, and good tradesmen are'being eagerly snapped up. ■