DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1920, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

BAPTIST UNION CONFERENCE. By Tolejraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Oct. 0. The conference of the New Zealand Baptist Union lias come to a decision on the aggressive evangelistic effort, and the matter has been referred to the executive. The financial statement showed that the year had closed with a credit balance of £lsl. Home Mission collections totalled £2214, and self-denial receipts were £597. The sum of £657 was expended in aiding smaller churches, £SOO had been placed in the reserve fund. Of the office guarantee fund, £3OO had been spent in establishing an office in Wellington. The sum of £1321 had been received on account of the sustentation fund, of which £240 had been expended in subsidies to minimise stipends, and £IOO had been placed on fixed deposit.

PRICES OF MEAT AND BUTTER. Auckland, Oct. 9. The Auckland Prices Investigation Tribunal considered a comprehensive report on meat prices. It covers every branch of the meat industry, from the price paid for stock in the saleyards to the value of by-products. According to this report, butchers operating in the city and suburbs have been losing money on the retail meat business. The present is considered to be the most unfavorable period of the year for butchers, so far as prices go, and the report will serve as a good basis for the tribunal to investigate charges made for meat during other periods in the year. Wellington, Oct. 9. The Wellington branch of the A.S.R.S. passed a resolution vigorously protesting against ft further increase in the price of butter and other staple foods, which only means that a corresponding increase in wages is warranted to meet it. The resolution asks for the support of all railwaymen and the outside public for the proposal to declare all butter consigned for export "black" until a corresponding increase in the wages of all essential workers is granted from.the date of the rise.