A NEW CHURCH SOCIETY.

Patea Mail, 10 May 1882, Page 3

A NEW CHURCH SOCIETY.

The' National Society* for Preserving the of the Deadjdn,',the. ar.d : Churchyards of Great Britain has now; been Organised, *and has made considerable progress, The object of the Society is to: preserve and.-protect the memorials of the ; dead in the ; churches-and churchyards’ofj Great Britain' ; a mu Ok’needed work, and! .'pnluH hfindstan acknowledged: want, , hei a'ules of the Society suggests various .ways: '.6f . accomplishing . ’the- work— eg.', by i securing gj record bping made ’of ‘ggpul*: chral memorials now V.existing, &c. The! ■late .Mr G.'E,-Street, four days prior to hisj death, accepted th'e post.cf'honorary! architect, l: Honorary secretaries are ap-j pointed for the counties' of i Cambridge,l Durban!, |iiucoliiJ Middlesex,,',Ncr|p ! ifc,| Nottingham;, .-and. Warwick,-; by Lwhornj names of V persons > wishing '-to become! ■inembers are received, and of whom any; 0 *• ** /’■; Cl n ■ t - -'.t;: iW. 1“ ; /information piay!be-obtained. .. The' seerpdary is-Mr William Fineent, Lower Helles!don Road, Norwich.—ChurchTteview.”!

N,Z. SHIPPING- CO, , , «v- &■'is'-^roptfeed v ‘to increase tlfe capital of the New Zeala“nd~Shipping Company to"'qne million. sterling,a view of extending the trade, particularly in the frozen meat-.direction, by fitting np more ships, with;.refrigerating machinery . It ip = also proposed, to :acquire more ships,: and by degrees to.add suitable:-steamers' to the fleet. A special meeting of shareholders wilt be held nt Christchurch oh the 23rd instant to consider these proposals.— Post.' .