A CHANGE PENDING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1913, Page 8

A CHANGE PENDING

-■ A change in the weather is pending, probably due at the end of the week. ,The high pressure that has ruled since Monday has increased during the night, and readings of 20.30 were common this morning in the North. Fine weather prevailed everywhere but with some haze and fog in parts. The high pressures were holding their own against the low pressures which one usually associates with bad weather. The Government Meteorologist has issued warnings that there is a probability of the glass falling and that there will be a change in the weather at the end of the week. There has been an unusual number of fine Saturdays, but a change may now be looked for, especially in the north and southernmost districts.

The sale of the Te Aroha Mail newspaper to Mr. H. J. Greenslade, formerly M.P. for Waikato, is announced. The Mayor' of Wellington (Mr. V. i M'Laren) and City Engineer (Mr. W. ' H. Morton) .visited Wadestown yesterday, in connection with tho proposed suspension bridgo across the gully separating Ngaio from Wadestown. j This would, if erected, be of consider- j abje convenience to Ngaio residents, ! bringing them in touch Vit'h the Wadestown tram 'Service, and so giving revenue- to that service. The site of the proposed bridge was inspected by the Moyor and Engineer, ami informa< tion on tho subject gathered on the spot. ' With the basis of union agreed upon, the Methodist churches of .two kinds were preparing this morning for the first United Conference, to open tins afterneon. Resolutions app'ovlng the union had been adopted, and ail v.pp ready, when a small matter tlncatsMU'u to keep Primitives and JWesleyans apart, u>r a time further, at any rate. Tho- Primitives, thougH a smaller chnrcL, :.ro not being absorbed by the Wr*Ji?y. s ti-, but- j are accepting and being aa'cptp«l as partners. As the outward awi visible sign of this equal union, thi- Unh>n Cominitteo arranged that mnmbers ol" t'»o two conferences should meet at sorrm point, and walk togeth-ev to the hnildins where they are to confer unitedly— tho Tara-naki-street Church— -iiwsead of tbo Primitives going' to the Wesleyan Conference. The Wesleyan Confm-ence'did not- approve this detail of the arrangements, and a deputation we lit in haste from the Primitive Conference to urge the* i>eed for adopting the punciplo of the piocession. The eloquence of tho deputation overcame the opposition to the procession, and so at i!. 30 p.m. to-dny between 200 and 300 clergy and lay delegates mot by the Town Hali. and proceeded together to tho TtM-arraki-streefc Church, where for over a week, they will confer together. The' inquest on the body of James Hanratty, who was killed in the goods lift in Messrs. E. W. Mills and Co.'s machinery store yesterday, will be held at the Magistrate's Courthouse at 9.20 I on Saturday morning. George Waters, a • youngish man of j poor physique, charged with breaking, entering, and theft at Wellington, appeared before Mr. Justice Chapman this : afternoon. The Crown Prosecutor (Mr. P. S. K. Macaseey) stated that the Gaoler was not satisfied as io the prisoner's ntate of mind. His Honour ordered the prisoner to be medicalJy examined before coming up again for trial. ! The Acting Minister of Defence (Hon. ft, H. Bhodcs) states that the Military i Adviser in London to the New Zealand Government, who recommended the purchase of the mountain guns which were recently sent Horne 1 as obsolete, was an officer of advanced years, holding the rank of General in the Imperial service. His. appointment, which dated back L wms y.e£«tftjfc<j t had' .fce§n .detejfm^ed^