TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 October 1913, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PEll I'ItESS ASSOCIATION.] MOPE IMMIGRANTS. Auckland, October 10. The Dorset arrived from Liverpool last evening with 188 immigrants on board. Included arc many tradesmen and domestics, farm hands and labourers. There aiv 0 for Auckland, 05 for Wellington, 7 for New Plymouth, 1 for Wanganui, 4 for Christehureh, Hi for Lyttolton, 4 for Gisborne, 9 for Bluff, 4 for Dunedin, 2 for Gieymouth, J.i for "Westport, 1 for Oamaru, and T for Picton. GAMBLING EVIL. Wanganui, October Hi. The Pev. .7. J; North, at the Baptisl Conference to-night, provoked a great demonstration against the gambling evil of the dominion. • lie moved :-- "That the Baptist Union of New Zealand enters an urgent protest against the proposal now before Parliament to increase the number of totalisafor permits allowed by law in this land. "That Union regards the totalisafor investments of .£'•>,000,000, which represents an increase of S!i per cent, in two years, and convi( tions for gambling offences, which have increased from LW to • !18 in one year, as evil omens."' Mr North promised, within one month, to sting the ears of this country wifh revelations on the gambling evil. The audience carried the resolution without a dissentient. MUP DEP. SHSiHItTED. Christehureh, This Day. News reached the Christehureh police- this morning that the wife of J. A. Lilley, of Mayfield, was fouud dead under circumstances pointing to murder. She left home yesterday evening, presumably to visit a neighbour, her husband, a farmer, being absent. When lie returned she still was away. Later he became alarmed and made a search, when he found his wife lying among some scrub six chains from the house. Her head bore a ghastly wound, and a sledge hammer was lying besire the body. Evidently it was used by the murderer. Lilley found no other person in the neighbourhood Early to-day the Superintendent and defective went out to Mayfield by motor car, to investigate the circumstances of the tragedy. Lilley is a well-known and respected farmer. . He says he has no knowledge of any person likely to attack his wife. BIBLE-IN-SCTIOOLS. Christehureh, October 10. The Bible in schools question came-before the Anglican Synod to-night, when the Pev. J. P. 1 lowland moved: "'That this Synod of bishop, clergy, and laity reaffirm their desire for adopting in this dominion of the Australiar system of providing religious instruction on State schools and support the Bible-in-Schools League in its request for a referendum on this question, and respectfully ask the president to convey this resolution to the Prime Minister of the dominion. Dean Carrington said he believed they would carry the referenduf. Tie stated that instead of the Opposition supporting them in asking for a referendum, it had put every obstacle in their way. There could only be one reason for this, and that was that the Opposition were a (raid of the result of the referendum. Mr W. J. Brittain saiil thai the lay members of the Synod spoke for the laity of the diocese when they asked Parliament to grant the referendum. The motion was carried unanimously with applause. Rev. Hewland then 'moved:- - That a special surplus collection be made in all churches of the diocese on the third Sunday in Advent or on Christmas Day in aid of the fund of Bible in State Schools League in this jurisdiction of Canterbury and Westland. The motion was carried.