A BANQUET WITH A PURPOSE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 576, 3 August 1909, Page 6

A BANQUET WITH A PURPOSE.

v .;.,•:.'.;;>. REALISES £440.; i. v /.".: ; .; • Stratford, August 2: ' As; a special means of .clearing churct ■debts, '■the young; men connected- with the Stratford Wesleyan Church organised .'a ban. quet, which, with promises since given,-r*-alised.£44o. , '-v ■'■•/'-",'''' V ' : ' ;/: -'"■ CUSTOMBAND UQUOR DUTY, v . VV- :.,'fv '- "Invercargill,. August 2.', .-: Customs' returns for' Jul y; show a de« ;'-.• orease'of-£297 as : compared'; with tte-Cus-,,' tomsl' revehae for Jujy ■ last • year, • arid >• thu; ;■ despite the fact that' revenue from' the im< pbrtatiorii of spirits shows- an ;increasebl • :£i55.';,-Thefalling-off is in; tobaccor(£2o6); cigars'-and cigarettes (£43); • wines ' '(£B3). goods by weight (£197), and ',' 'other duties!' ' not specified (£36).' The excise duty on beer snows'4n increase of £25- as compared: with .;.- ■the ■ excise revenue of July,-1908; represent irig an increased.local biew of 2000. gallons .'.;>,' -t;i|.>» ..vi'iii • "h! '.-•'■ ;■•.:■ :t;y -.-'iw.'!- ; /vsjl.;s!ij NEW SOUTH ■.;"';. : '; ; /\f:.<"'■'/' • ' bunbdlh,!Aiieust ! ""At' an : enthusiastic meeting: in' the "Town Hall .tc-:night| r the;Mayor, presiding); it;,was '-,' agWd''.ta'rt.ako''st'eps',''te,"send aii Otago. and Southland' team of 'riflemen Jxi/tbe.,Ne\V;So'utli'.. AYalea vCha'mpion.sHp- meeting; strong -.. 'cbjhnritte'e' '.was""a'pbbsnted. $a< carry^ojrt.,}he - re'solutioiifHlt was- explained;'that, ment .'was hot hostile --to the.New ..Zealand •representative' team, 'but it > was-felt .that--Otago and Southland'should'' bo. represented -, at toe/meeting, ;-; .V;-,' ' ' JRAiLWAY.SERVICEiMAtTiEBSii'' : f ; | n 'vb>carg I lli?^gusl T 2/ ! ! ■''; The ' Timiru.' 'branch' '.of,''.the; ' A,malga« ; mated f. Society''. "of.'.';'■ Railway"; : Servants. lia've' passed ; a motion;.disagreeing, \yith. the 'pr6posal.r ; to:;f6rmVa Drivers.';/and .-Firomen's '■Association:; ''also,'': a strong .'protest., against '~;• the. recent use ,of tho/Ministerial .veto : in-; Appeal (Board oases..'.." ;;, ;;:..<;..'!:, *.v'.-■'■'• '■' ''.-'^-:-:'•'■■■ y-'-. ■-- '■ :;:■?' ■'■". ;'.l ■:;.-- - BEQUESTS TO, ANOUCAN CHU.ROHES. ,';-. '•',' Ouriadln,;August 21' ■ ; Mr. > Herbert,- : of. - Dun6din, who .-. died in Scotland 'at. the' end ,6f. May,-.- left £1000 to the Church", of England at Lawf,:, rence, £500 to, All.Saints, -Dunediii! (the'in-. come to be''used'.as 1 a. scholarshipi at'Selwyn £100 to the; Anglican' Cathedral, Dunedin, and £200 ; to"the "Anglican Orphan-. age. Bequests have also been -made-:to. pub"' lie"institutions 'in' .the Old Country"^/'':■• '/,"/ ' *■■■: /sawmilUnc agreement;- ;^ ■p. :,;' , " lhvßroargHl,>?Augußt 2.-; ..The! _Sawmillers' ;; piiion l; has:forwarded;- >•-.; proposed new, agreement:' to 'the Workers' .. Union, providing for an all-round re'ductiou in wages (with-two exceptions) ■;■ varying from, two shillings to one a day.-;,AVgen-' era! meeting of the.Workers'- Union,- will ba ;held to, prepare..counter proposals;- The-.pro-.posed new agreement,omits the- strike and", preference clauses. ■.;• i . -'•,_■ ■■■■■:. '.. ,! FORTUNE-TELLINC CASES. ' f: '■•'■ '-',' " Auckland, ■; August 2. ; 'In' a 'pbHco: prosecution against varioiil persons charged, with fortune-telling)'." Mr. iNapjer,- submitted that they could-not be 'convicted'on'the uucorroborate&'eyideuce of "coWables, '• who .gave ;eridencb:,.which : made f tlie;ni';'iiccomplic,es.■■'.. The .Magistrate .took time 'to;' consider ...the point.' ... -■ '', \/-~s'. •; ■'■.'■■'.y