THE RODNEY & OTAMATEA TIMES WAITEMATA & KAIPAKA. GAZETTE.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 31, 1 November 1901, Page 2

THE RODNEY & OTAMATEA TIMES WAITEMATA & KAIPAKA. GAZETTE.

I rj^e S.M. Couvt- flt Port Albert on Wednesday next and at Warlcworth the following, da. \ rr Thursday Noveinb- j ber 7th, ■ - • " i lS\,v, Dibbje Isolds stoolc sales at j "Wflyby ' lomorrow: "Waj'kwortl^ on

Wednesday next, find Puhoj on Thursday, J The yacht Ijily, is advertised for j snl«\ It is a bargain far anyone requi:ing- a. complete aquatic outfit. Ylio AVfirkwpi-tH Branch of the Farmers' I.Tniqn Avil}. be held at the Masonic Hall on "Wednesday next, jS tqv. G. All intending luenibers are I invited to cumo in at this ni.epting as it is iii.ton.ded to. ejegt qfHoeiy for the firat term. Two uoci'.lents occuved at Maungatuvoto 1 st week, Mv, W. Morvow s(?vove(l tho njain artery of his left wrist whilt) sheep.-.shearing, and .T. I|,pdo-ers \vljilfi bridge building, cut the unit' (if lp r s }ey,; seyencly. ])r. Mmintaiij.e attended jio bofh. patieiits, a»-]io are pycjgrossing' satisfactorily under his trestiijentj Tiie Port Albeyf livanoh Railway League are oxasperutet]. at the srnallne.ss of tlie vote fqv the iVorth Aupkland I?.ailv,'ay, The Auckland Showis to take 2>hxco on Is rqvonibei' 15th. i\\\d. lGth. Our Wesloyaij friends at Wnl'kworj:]i. {innoiin.ce by oiroulq,!- posters iss'.ied fron} this r)ffiGe, their Anniversary Services and Soiree and Concar . Tins aunmri ayeut is always looked forward to by tho friends, and is \\huajly a great success. On this occasion the AVaykwortU pr^ipie ftre to \>o particularly favoured, aw Bev.C.H. Garland, the pe.aiflent of the I*\dw Zealand Wpsj/iyii Chnievonao, is fa Vay theni a visit and take tho services oji the Anniversary Sunday, Xl'S, W, Hjunilton is advertising fov a lost Paislfty sljftwl and wouhl feel glad if tUe'iiwior will kindjv le«Tve it at Civil Jjros. niove,

A return furjjjshod to fchfl Uouie bliows the nuiitt er fl,s poi-mits for lc»tteviea granted by the Colonial Seem-

tavy ta persons eonneeted wjtli religious demonstrations for the year ending March 31, 1901. was -55, Of

tliese 33 were, grunted to the Bomsin Catholic ("hnj-oli, 21 to the Church of

England, and one to tho 'German

Ohurch.

The numher of licenses

granted to racing clubs for tlie use of the totalisation was 153, covering 278 days racing, and for this the Goverr.-

ment received, revenue amounting- to £17,541.

liy the latest cable news we should not be surprised to see war between France and Turkey,

In August 1580 persons arrived in the colony and 1101 left, as against 1086 arrivals and 922 departures in August 1900.

A new ir n roof and a much needed coat of paint has given the AVark worth Presbyterian Church an appearance more in keeping with its purpose and the times. Mr. C. Thomson, tlie contra; tor, has made a good' job of " the" work, and much to the c edit of a number of gentlemen connected with tlie church, they voluntarily gave their services for the labour of" painting We wish our Presbyterian friends and their beloved p.-.stor many fruitful gatherings in this snored edifice, around which many old associations hang. AYe draw our readers' attention to Mr. Farewell's advertisement. This gentleman opens his chemist shop at AYarkworth on Monday next. The premi-es have undergone special fitting up for the purpose. Mr. Fall well brings with him a good reputation and credentials, and will we are sura, be a very desirable addition to the community.

Oranges cannot he grown successfully in Is Te\Y Zealand.—AVaikato Arffus.

We talk a' great deal of the advantages which would accrue by the union of the English speaking races of the world ; and it certainly-appears to be a retrograde movement to attempt to sever the direct intercourse between the Australian Colonies n-ml the United States of America.— Ohinemnri Gazette,

Seeing that the colony lias spent over a million sterling in improving the two coal ports, it would not surprise us to see a duty put upon Australian coal, and proposals made for tlie immediate opening of two State coal mires—one at Gr. ymxnith and tJie other at AVe.stport. — Greymouth Evening' S'taiu

The items of most interest on the Estimates brought down last week wero Helensville—Romokoriki Railway _ £15,000, Post Office Waiwera, repairs and re,noration £00, Harbour Works:— Maungaturoto.wharf £150 Construction of Roads etc, ■: Ilelensville—Port Albert Road £500 ; Pn]»oi—AVai\vera'£ 100.; PuhoijKomokeviki £100 ■; TeKekero Eailwny Station £250; Puhoi—Makarau £150 (£SO) Puhoi—Warlcworth £400; Wade Bridge Or-ew-a -£300- Wahvera fiprino-s £200; Waiwera—North Shore Main Road £700. Nathaniel Wilson Esq Clmivman of the TJodney County Council is using every effort by wire 'to 'have certain -otlier. pressing "wants ■pkced-onthe tlupploiueiitaiy estimates.

Tho pusses at the Wai'kyrorth school wei-o exceedingly high. Only one failJ Uro in a school with an average at- | tenchmce of about lo reflects' great c:rodit cm the head teacher, Afr. H, j Philips nnd his assistants, ; | "Wealoyan Church Services Sunday ! ] ?xext, Nov. 3.: . "\Vark\yprth 11 a.ni. { |Mr Frencli, / p.m. Eev. Fr.-st; | I Pome Valley 11 am. Bey. Frost; Ma.-! takaha 3 p m. Eev, Frqst; Wharehine ' 2.30 p.m. Mr, Witheford; Port Albert | 2 ; 30 2>.m. Mr. (xrant, 7 p.m. Mrs. [ l.ego-0,- Wha.ngaripp 2,30 p.m, Mr. \ Jebspn, ' , .. ' j

j The Eev, E. JtcKjnney gave a | very interesting lec-tiire un Sunday ; pveuing lasr q,t St Oojuinba's Church Tl|e subjecj; ''Clnirclj. ] T?}ion'? frojn a uuiversal .stan(}[d>int is a broad (juestiun. "VWthe]- or nq, the tun= ; deney of the age, is for -one church | for all people," \y\) clo nqt profess !to accurate]y_re.ad the signs' how.- ---: evjsi* desii airlo the pqnsiuumation. ■We are .afraicj that suclj. a time | may bo counted by penturies, for, :as tliQ L-opard cqtn'nqj; change its ; spots h is difficult to oonceivo a |ke xinimi between Oatbojieism pnd i Oalvanisin, whatever may be hqped j for in the njialtifarions minqr aectipns iqf tlie PjV fao-uon qf the I Christian Id. Hence a ''rifi, in i tlie kite" ,w ill hiust rema n xmlienl- | <-d so long- a|£i^e prepd sept-ions' are ' educated in ]Tmr no\v=a.-d.«ys proverbi ially contract^ envj.rpmnenrs, and are not raised t(f-.;- bi-o.ador fiatholic platI for-iu. If Histijry—Bibjieal or (.'omr nion—and ordinary discernment torches us anything-, -\ye must confess to well founded doubts qf the possibilities of such a union, at least for ctmturie^ to ooine, eyen allowing that that tiiue does not witness the preponcler- . ence of scepticism or callmis indiffer.----j eiice '() the e^teusiqn qf all Christian | Churches in their present furnij and j this, not l.'pcailseof the present pulpit (teachings or -evenJJ dqctorines,' but ; from a lack qf tru.e Christian spirit | within the walls of the churches, this j i»pre particularly of its lay pillars tjie J adlibrent «E.f us homo, iii other words the very seltprononnped .Christian^, Wo g)iuul4 life t« henv the revpreftd gentleman, at some future date, deAl with the "Ketobm of the CJiurphes "