TIMARU PRESBYTERY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 7 April 1926, Page 13

TIMARU PRESBYTERY.

81-MONTHLY MEETING. The bi-monthly moeting of the r l imaru Pro.sbvtery was held vesteidn.i. Present —Bev. W. D. Findhiy (Moderator L the Revs. A.BW. C . :■«!■ cox, J. C. 1). Madill, H. B- I‘‘'R \- Stinson, P. Gladstone Hughes, 1. J>Channan, A. Alexander, A. McNcui. and G D. Falconer; Home Missioncrs C. FI. London and J. Anderson, and Mr J. G. Gow. The Home Missions Committee wrote drawing attention to the shortage ol ministers and the necessity of obtaining students for the ministry. ]fc was resolved that the matter he discussed by the Presbytery at the next meeting. ■ , , , ~ The Rev. Gladstone Hughes stated that it had been decided to add to the Sunday School at Chalmers Church in order to provide more accommodation for the Bible classes, etc. Up to the present £I2OO had been donated without any appeal being made to the congregation as a whole. • lie thought it wou’d ho possible to provide lor .the additions and open the new buildings free of debt. At the present he could not snv exactly how much money would he required, hut anticipated that about eiSOOO would lie needed. Permission to proceed with the work was- granted.

SUNDAY TRAINS. Tn reference to the representations made bv the Presbytery in regard to the running of trains on Sundays, the J iUinistcr of ."Railways (Hon. J. <-». . Coates) wrote stating that the Department did not, as a general principle. | encourage the running of Sunday ; trains. On the contrary the Department had for many years constantly ] declined to accede to requests from , various parts of the Dominion for the I running of Sunday trains as such requests did not- in any instance reprosent the wishes of a sufficiently large section'of the -community. Of recent rears, 'however, the increase of popti- ' iation and other considerations had , shown that in certain localities there , was a desire on the part of a substantial section of the general public to enjov the comfort of travelling by . train rather than by less satisfactory ! means, and the Department considered . that as an institute owned by the pub- • lie rnd created essentially for provid- ; ing facilities for transport, it- was oil" | liged to give effect to a request- winch was: supported Tiv, and represented the wishes of a- largo number ol people. The Minister was unable to accede to Hie wishes of the 'Presbytery, but would, assure them that while the Raih\a> Department was under his control Sunday trains woo'd not be provided simply to explore the possibilities ol prospective business. The Rev. Charman stated that itanyone worked in his garden on Bunclay ho would he prosecuted. 'I he whole tiling was wrong. The Moderator said that it was a well-known fact in Invercargill that a- ! special Sunday train was run to Bluff simply because there was a hotel there, j

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