LOCAL & GENERAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 April 1916, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL

Ae an instance of the exorbitant uar ture of deep-sea freights at present, 1 The Chronicle instances the case ot a v Wellington hardware firm. In ordar- ' ed from America a line ot goods whica aggregated a few tons weight and be-' 5 tween £50 and £60 in value. The| , freight charges amounted to £55! 1 A Native Land Court sitting will be ' held at I'alinerston North on Tuesday next, 2nd May, to deial with application for partition ot land blocks, investigation of titles, etc. J [ The evening subject at the Presby- ( tei'ian church to-morrow deals specially with the spirit of sacrifice in relation the present war; and is of special .11terest to all Britishers, at this juncture. A cordial invitation is given to non-churchgoers and lapsed Presbyterians to attend the evening service. •John Oxenhnui's hymn for the men at the front will be sung. Hymn books andi seats will be free. The doctrine of tlie Latter Ony Sn.ints is evidently .spread,ing. According to what a member of the Beet who spoke with a pronounced American accept, told a "Manawalu Times" reporter yesterday, there were already 61 apostles from tlie various States of America, including Utah, Idaho ,and Arizona, in the Dominion, mostly in the .Xorth Island, andi already they had about 6000 Maori "saints" md some Europeans also. Caustic commcnt upon people who ge to church and give nothing 'owards its upkeep was made by Mr T. --B. Williams at the annual meeting of Christ Church parishoners at Wanganui. He remarked: "People can go to a theatre and pay 5s or 10s for a seat, but they come to elmrch, ask 'or I a seat in the main isle—thev wmit to be conspicuous—and yet are not willing to pay for the gas. They want something for nothing, and when that so they have 110 right to the claim' of being either oliiireh members or chinch-goers. There were others who looked for tlie best-seat in the church, and perhaps gave threepence or sixpence—when tlie coin had a hole in it, If everyone gave a threepenny- bit we should be ell off, but manv give nothing. Tt is not that they are poor— look at the dresses' Thev ou<rht to be able to spare threepence out of the cost of tlieir (stockings." Mr Williams -advocated that women should be giv>?i a say in the administration of church affairs, and lie' felt that until tTie wo- / men realised they were part and; par- I eel of the church and w~re gTven a / vote in church work, the affairs of the ! ( church would not prosper ae they I should. I

Tiie use of guns on \Vaiopohu scenic reserve, Queen-street east, is prohibited, and anyone taking dogs on to . liu leserve incurs risk of prosecution. An adi ertisenient on tfie matter appears on page 3 of today's Chronicle. At a sitting of the Levin S.M. Court yesterday, Mr it. R. Gardener, „.r., fined a first offender, who was charged by the police with being found drunk in Oxford-street, IDs.