GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 180, 17 December 1912, Page 5

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

CARGO BROACHING. By Telegraph—Press xVssociation. Dunedin, Last Night. Henry Wilkinson, a fireman on the steamer Paparoa, was convicted at Port Chalmers to-day of embezzling from the ship's cargo, on December 13, at Dunedin wharf, a roll of waterproof tweed, valued at £2O, the property of the New Zealand Shipping Company. Accused, who pleaded not guilty, was sentenced to three months' hard labor. AN INTERESTING RE-UNION.

Wanganui. Last Night. The diamontl jubilee of the Turakina Presbyterian Church was celebrated on Sunday under unique and romantic'' circumstances. Sixty years ago the Rev. James Duncan conducted the first service in the house of Mr. John Cameron. A dozen years later an oak tree was planted to mark the spot, and beneath this oak tree on Sunday, in perfect weather, a vast concourse of people assembled to hold a true Presbyterian conventicle worthy of the Covenanting days. Old identities were present in force, amongst them being many of the descendants of sturdy pioneers, and in robust health and vigor Mrs. Cumberland McDonell, who prepared and set the luncheon for those who attended the first service in 18.52. Messages were received from friends far and wide. The Rev. D. Gordon represented the presbytery of Wanganui, and suitably addressed the assembly. The minister, the Rev. McCully, had collected items of past history, and the audience was thrilled as they listened to the story of the past and the brave deeds of their The psalms and hymns were all appropriate, and the whole occasion was deeply impressive.