NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1817, 1 August 1913, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) $ OLD FOUNDATION STONE. USED AGAIN AFTER 46 TEARS. Wanganui, July 31. Dr. Gibb to-day performed tho interesting ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new Sunday- school for St. Paul's. The stouo was that used for th« old church, and was first laid in 18(17 by the late Mr. T. B. Taylor. The records which' wero in the bottle wero damp and so far undecipherable, but the eamo bottle was used again to-day. The now Sunday school, which is to cost .£2300, is situated alongsido tho new church now in course of erection. Dr. Gibb to-night addressed a crowded meeting, his subject being "Bible-in-Schools." A FEAT ON FOOT. Nelson, July 31. Lieutenant D..W,-Brown, of H Battery, has just accomplished a record walk, covering 113 miles in 31J hours. ODDFELLOWS' SPLIT. Auckland, July 31. The Fountain of Friendship Lodge of Oddfellows resolved, by 1G59 votes to 302, to secede from tho New Zealand Manchester Unity. Tho point at issue is a proposal by the Manchester Unity that all Now Zealand lodges' should consolidate their sick and accident funds and that these bo controlled from headquarters at Wellington. The Auckland Lodgo is very wealthy, its assets being valued at .£35,000. The proportion in favour of seceding exceeds that required' by tho rules.