INDIGNATION!

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 530, 10 June 1909, Page 5

INDIGNATION!

SHELVING THE'COUNTRY!B BUSINESS:

A. MEETING OF PROTEST.

; A number, of commercial and professional cm ,of Wellington met . afternoon ! to. , discuss the situation that has been : brought .about,„by tho decision of the ; inr • normal meeting r.0f... members of Parliament called bySir Joseph •. Word to adjourn Par-liament-until his return from. London about ■. ;end.of.' September. s After present had .vented- their feelings on this proposal, it *,was unanimously decided * that ati mdignation:.meeting''should be held ;oir s as c?x •dato ,as :,possible—most. probably "on fea turday^.evening, if .the big:. Town' Hall is available. It ,was also decided to wait on the.;.city-and .suburban . members—who'' are • against tho- adjournment of Parliament to a v®^?7'^t s sP e ak: at. r th'e - meoting, -in \ the firm . Doner . .that • .they • .voicing the senti-' Sind : ma3 ° nty of tho People of New - tho meeting will bo o ( the local impress. , />—v. NEWTOWN CONGREGATIONAL ? - CHURCH. ...i;..t ANNUAL CONVERSAZIONE. 'r3± C A T . €nt V a f li. I1Ual , m?<ltlI1 K of tha Newtown Congregational Churoh, of which' tne: Eev W • rn'^TiV IS p ?f tori held '1 'he Eehooll^tv,night,...and was . largely- < 'attended. The^nnual_report > - p r epared by the secretary, : " tba t :^e'.member;. f.. now, stood.; at:. 70, as compared with 68 •'w'ssT j? l r.' m ti ub l r i h ? d : be « n transferred;. W,' m eight ..new' members! had b«en admitted. A- new. feature, in' tho life' of the .churoh was the appointment of {out deaMcsdames Anker, Eggers, Drew. -pI O - ' oarry out ■ a systematic 'plan' of " " slt ', n S- 'vThi3 j movement had proved a step m, the ...right;.. direction,v and still preate'r : results might . foe-hoped: for. .. Ae WomenV had••"n, institution for. .whi'ohcthe churoh ™ . 'baniful. AVsale-of-hnf if- • J? y - s ' o°tober netted -;£3B .•KvJW ; ; sßbsequentlj-, resolved' that this *W Sf f'funds was unsatisfactory,:in time and .labour involved. The guild: there. "jdertook .to distribute 'collecting boxes .amongst->the ; church and 'also to EomM " n? m ®mbers' "residenc«3, monthly "At ? Pi. eaoh ;.person - attending was for Vaft4««ss:. i tS? develnn p ? r , tul :e was -tlma . intended to .d^veloJ) ; . the social: side : of, the'church, as well Thn on. tne building, been cm , , or K an 'S atl °ns of tho church had 6 WP° r t<!d.: during: E V° rg S° 15t (^r ' E '-Anker): and Itr h^C! i 9roh^^t ebt had.been- redS oy. ,In. addition, . about £hQ was bromkad the'o?g^d^°?r'° W f^ S -. th °. "of : 4 ko p at t T e Tl !tlcctin !! included the