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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 68, 29 June 1910, Page 5

Tn a recent issue of a West Australian Church roper, the editor drew attention to weddings, especially society weddine*. which, he states, are the occasion too often of the worst and most irreverent behaviour that i.« ever seen in the Perth Cathedral, and thinks there would be a «rreat of this irreverence being intensified hv "evening-dress" weddings 'n that cathedral. Tn Sydney, eveningdress weddinas are 'becoming very usual, and do not appear to have aroused any levitv. The clergy, however, in most churches insist upon the women portion of those nrescnt wearing, at any rate, some apolosv for a. hat. The headgear is remarkable for its smal'lness", and the male portion of the assemblage are en« abled for once in their lives to see more than the sept directly in front of them. Te the unmarried man this might, perhaps, prove an advantage, though, to the marrH. it would of course prove a matter of in '"'Vrence.

Several were discussing native «aiw tin- other evening, amongst them'heir,* the Hon. Thou. McKeiizie, who stated that paradise ducks had wen •nracticnll" exterminate*! in the .North Ts'lnnd. He deplored the fact very emphatically, and said he was endeavoring to obtain them in sufficient numbers to liberate them in suitable localities, where thev could multiply, and once more "race the landscape with their beautiful pimple. Mr. McKenae aho stronslv condemned the wholesale slaughter of paradise ducks near \am Te Annu last' season. bv a partv eombririnT eleven guns. Tt was w»*«Jt? him that <he.e *>a«* hte TV"ff iXS paradise «i-i<-Tt*. leaving about 200 lying on the ertmvA. as they were unable t* earry any m« - -- away. By *»«*""' dent he sub' ■mentl/ Jearned that the same rmrtv was preparing J or l1 ano / expedition into the Egerton Valley (aJ«o in the South), where the bird* were town .to be numerous 'hut the Minister checkmated their nefarious intentions by urging < , « l > inef t0 have e . a,^'i ' )r fr elaimed a sanctuary *<^ m fW**: This course was promptly |}sH|rW"». the birds were. but it seems a fearful shaWe tnWfeuah metres should protect men of that callous «tarop, who mftK« harsh restrictive measures necessary TO* tKrotection of the ftittle natWMWM