The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, July 15, 1909. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 15 July 1909, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Thursday, July 15, 1909. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

A BORE has been sunk on Glenroy Station, in the Moree District of New South Wales, to the order of the executors of the late R. F. M. Eckford, at a cost of ,£2500, to provide water for stock and irrigation purposes, besides which our experimental bore in the triangle, pales into insignificance. The bore was taken down to a depth of ,2543 ft., terminating in grey granite, the time occupied being five months. 1 A column of water rising 2ft. above the 6in. casing gives a flow of gallons daily the temperature being 98, .which is considered remarkably low for the, district; Thebore is on a watershed between two creeks, and commands a distributing position! of over 100,000 acres, Sixty 'miles Of drains have been designed, ot which 35 have been constructed, and are now carrying their full complement, \ In each of the station paddocks cultivation areas of 20 acres each have been laid out to absorb the surplus water frpni the which run through the respective'■ paddocks. This system, it is expected, will largely put a stop tq any considerable waste of water. The first flow ot water was struck _ on January .26 th; aind the bore was completed on: Saturday week last. The'casings are idin., 3ln.,and 6in., in idameter, and weigh in all 30 tons. They are made from the best Prussian steel;

■' ■■■ '■ 5jS t- * ; * It lias been suggested to us that the children attending the local State school should observe Arbour day (next Wednesday) by planting trees in the Park. The suggestion is a good one, and; we should like to see it carried but. The idea dame from certain members of the Borough Council,’and.we feel sure ' the School Committee, teachers, and scholars will fall into line. The children could march in, procession from the school grounds,' say at i t a. m., and plant trees, and be regaled with tea and cakes, and spend a most enjoyable time. : • ; .. * In the reading of the lesson at the Presbyterian Church on Sunday mbrnirig last, the Rev. G. K. Aitken made a few practical remarks in reference to Christian tolerance. The lesson Was. the 14 th chapter of Romans, arid ; is descriptive of practices exiting in the early Christian church when some evidently took exception to the conduct of others in observing the eating of meats and the setting of value Upon certain days. He said “we have here a very fine example of that charity which thinketh no evil in the attitude of the apostle Paul in relation to those who were ready to criticise and take exception to the conduct of their fellow Christians in the observance of rites and ceremonies; and it may be well ior us who are proud of■ the traditions of our church, and the simplicity of our service, and the want of formality that characterises our attitude in all our worship, to pause ‘in onr criticism of others whose worship may be highly ceremonial, and Whose observance of days and feasts, and feastings, may strike us being in strange contrast to the simple service to which we are accustomed. The apostle very* clearly shows, if in these observances some are able to approximate nearer to the heart of God, it is riot for us, to whom they are unnecessary, to uncharitably despise and ridicule and hold in contempt those, tb whom they appear allimportant. And if, in the observance of abstaining from meats, or in the esteeming of one day above another, or in the pi act ice of high ceremonial, there is a sincere desire to worship God, and a hallowed sense Of the Divine .Presence- prevailing all, it is not for-you and I be hogmalic-and declare that in our simple-service we are absolutely right,-and they who think otherwise absolutely wrong. The spirit and principles of Jesus Christ are superior to all that, and recognises the spirit of true service and worship, no matter under what external guise it may be found. My friends, let us follow the the apostolic injunction, “ Det -us not therefore judge one another any more; but judge this rather that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.”