LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 July 1942, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Street Marne Changed. By official pronouncement of the Wellington City Council last evening, the access way off Lambton Quay known as Tokio Lane has been renamed Farmers’ Lane. Compulsion Not Favoured.

A remit “that membership of the Farmers’ Union be made compulsory to all farmers” was defeated at the annual conference of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union in Wellington yesterday. Only a few votes were recorded in favour.

Motor Fatality. j Knocked down by a motor-car on the Great North Road, Auckland, a few minutes after he had left his home on Tuesday night, Alfred Meredith Cosslett, 60, married, of Western Springs, suffered severe injuries from which he died almost immediately.

Tribute to Britain, The New Zealand Farmers’ Union at its annual conference in Wellington yesterday decided to forward through the National Farmers’ Union of Great Britain the following resolution: —“This conference places on record its admiration of the magnificent spirit shown by the people of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland during the past two years and a half of war, and sends to them its warmest greetings and best wishes for a speedy victory.”

Motor Transport. Routine orders for the Masterton personnel of the Lines of Communication Motor Transport No. 13 Company issued by Captain Curry are: —No parade tonight or on Sunday, July 19. The usual parade of N.C.O’s., officers and any others interested will be held on Tuesday, July 21, at 7 p.m. No parade will be held on Thursday, July 23. There will be a full day parade on Sunday, July 26, the parade hour to be notified next week. No leave will be granted from this parade unless on the ground of extreme urgency.

Anglican Cathedral. Progress toward the erection of an Anglican Cathedral in Wellington was reviewed at the Diocesan Synod last night. The Bishop of Wellington, the Rt. Rev. H. St. Barbe Holland, said that the architect had completed what might be regarded as final plans. A framed photograph of the cathedral as it would appear when erected was being sent to every church in the diocese. It had been decided that, instead of the proposed Children’s Corner, a Maori chapel, decorated with Maori art, should be built in the north-west corner. The War Memorial Chapel would be treated as a memorial to those who had fallen in the Great War and the present war. The total cathedral building funds amounted to £146,815, less expenditure £85.371, leaving £61,441 available for building on March 31, 1942. Other assets, including properties and also bequests, either promised or in effect, estimated at £32,000, brought the total in sight for building, apart from income accruing from investments and the site, to about £132,600.