DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 33, 7 October 1915, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

BAPTIST CHURCH CONFERENCE. Peb Press AhsooiaiptOa. Auckland, October (!. The I’arli i nit' n t of the Baptist Churches of New Zealand opened in Auckland to-day. Apart from flic . Auckland delegates about 130 ropre- / scuta lives Irom other parts of New I Zealand were present. The business this morning was of a formal nature. ( 'I bis evening; a welcome was extended to the delegates. At a public meeting in the Tabernacle, Mr A. I l '. Carey, of Christchurch, presided, and Her. F. A. Kirkwood delivered bis Presidential I address. 'ibis is bis last public appearance in Auckland, as be lea\es .shortly to take up a Melbourne pastor--1 ate, | Flip President expressed iinqnaliiicT | disapproval of the holding of carnivals and lotetries tor the purpose of raising -funds for patriotic purposes. 'The | country lias been Hooded, lie said, with .all sorts of patriotic appends and money-raising elforts. In each of the | Southern centres great frivolities and .pageants have been organised and carried through in the name of patriotism, and for the sake of charity. Auek- ' land awaits her turn. In addition to great and attractive baits to the cupi- ; dity of the pleasure-loving section of the community, there were in the city of Wellington roulette table's, used in (be Town Hall, and under the blind eyes of our legislators. 'Flic' laws of the land were fragrantly broken, night alter night. A voice; .Shame), j After referring to the failure of the protests of the Auckland clergy, the , speaker concluded: “And so the' city iis to see a carnival in all its flimsy tawclriness of pageant and show, while unwilling purses must be unlocked to : contribute with the hope of winning a prize of great material value. And (this is the year of our Lord 1915, and Christian Auckland! Is it not also the hour of power of the hosts of darkness UGLY BUSINESS. Ashburton, October 0. What looks suspiciously like a case of attempted incendiarism occurred a day or two ago, when at midnight a barrel of oily rags was found burning in John Newman’s livery stables ami carriage shed, while alongside the barrel heaps of canvas wheel-covers, over which a quantity of petiol had been poured, were also discovered. After the lire had been quenched a search of the shod revealed several opened tins of petrol in various places, and other evidence of a deliberate attempt to fire, hot the carriage shed alone, I but the congested block of shops and j business premises, which is at the rear of the stables. The discovery was ! made just in time to prevent a serioutbreak. The police are making investigations. TAMPERING WITH A METER. Napier, October 6. The ease against Turnbull and Jones, their Napier agent (W. C. Mitchell). and an employee named 13. Lrry, for tampering with a Borough Council electric meter, thus obtaining current which did not pass through the meter and so was not charged for, was continued in the Magistrates j Court to-day. The defence was ignorance that the alterations to the wiring »had been made. An application lor | the dismissal of the charges against .Turnbull and Jones, on the grounds I that the firm was not responsible tor : the acts of their servants, was ret used, and the linn was fined £2 and j Court costs. 1 lie case against Mitchell was dismissed, us he was .merely the firm’s agent in Napier, and Lrry, [who had tampered with the metci, was lined C 5, with €1 Us costs. MEAT FOR THE SOLDIERS. Wellington, October 4. In the House this afternoon the jPi imo Minister made a statement on the subject of the supply of meat to the Imperial authorities. He said that since the inception of the scheme ton March 13 last) the following ship,ll,.ids had been made on behalf of the Imperial authorities 29:3,795 qnar--1 tors beef. 1,859,250 carcases .mutton, 0,7U,8G5 carcases lamb. Fifty-two steamers had been employed in the carriage of this, of which twenty-nine, had arrived at their destinations, s xwere row on route, and seven were at present loading at berths in the Dominion. Payments to date exceed live million pounds, representing £2,637,541 15s 5d in the North Island, and £2,363,745 16s in the South Island.