BHRISTIAN UNITY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2057, 21 May 1909, Page 6

BHRISTIAN UNITY.

A CLER ICAI, CON EERENCE

A conference of the Anglican and other Christian ministers of the. town and district was held at To Ran College yesterday for mutual intercomse and friendly discussion upon the subject of Christian Unity. The meeting was arranged bv the Anglican Clerical Association, and was a practical outcome of a resolution passed at the Lambeth Conference last year, which runs as iol]ows —"The members of the Anglican Communion should take pains to study the doctrines and position of those who are separated from it, and to promote a coYdial mutual understanding; and as a means towards this end the Conferonce suggests that private meetings of ministers and lavrnen of different Christian bodies for common study, discussion, and prayer should be frequently hold at convenient centres. The A r on. Archdeacon A\ imams presided, and there were present the Revs. Butterfield. F. AY. Chatterton, Cockerill, Coles, Graham, AV. Grant, Hamm ton Jennings, J. A. Locliore, Robr ■, Tam all or i, Ward, and Wyatt. Apologies regretting inability to attend were read from the Revs. AY. Lamb and E. W. Walker. After opening prayer «>> the chairman, the 17th chapter ot , . John's gospel was read by the Rev. . Grant, and the chairman then outlined the object of the meeting and tlie course of procedure. The sole motive of the inciting was to promote friendly, feolino<• and the discussions, which continued till Into in the ; a*term. . manifested the harmony winch pit amongst the ministers m c st .t . Another meeting was decided upon m three montlis’ time. .

MARKET GARDENING.

A A 1 AKAURI INDUSTRY

About a mile towards Ormond, iroin the junction of King’s Road and Mukauri. Mr T. L. Thomas has about 12 acres under cultivation in vegetables ot all descriptions, and the place is a thoroughly up-to-date market garden in every .wav. The proprietor has been developing his establishment for the past ten years, with thei result that he now has an assured and established business, and his produce, which is grown under the very best ol conditions D in constant demand from Gisborne to Waipiro Bav while orders frequently come from Napier and Wellington. A “Times” reporter vV'as yesterday shown over the garden by Mr Thomas, and was delighted to see the neat way the plots are "kept. At the present time Mr Thomas has over 7000 cauliflowers on hand in various stages ot maturity, some mere plants -while others are ready for cutting. Then his cabbage beds cover acres, and different varieties aio grown, from the solt cabbage to the harder Savoys. ’! <>■ show I' owj clean and how firm the hearts of the cabbages are Mr Thomas stood on many of them and his weight would not even bruise the fresh green leaves. Then there is what seems to be an almost endless supply of turnips, bed beside bed of leeks', carrots, lettuces, beetroot, asparagus, -rhubarb, and all the 'usual contents of a well cultivated kitchen garden, while grapes and tomatoes are grown to perfection in a glass-cov-ered house. An aero of ground _ lias just hoeu made ready to receive onions, while 2j acres arc under cabbages. It is estimated that fully 4500 cabbage's are now ready for market, while- others are well on the . wav to keep up the supuly. Mr Thomas grows his vegetables' on the scientific nlan—the only plan to ensure profit, and to succeed with the more delicate varieties of lettuce he has imported about 700 glass hell-jars under which the seeds are sown and the plants, nurtured until they are strong enough, to plant out. By this moans every lettuce grows to full life, and there is no . waste of seed. Mr Thomas supplies private houses and hotels, and is prepared to despatch orders by rail or ship. He caters chiefly for the winter trade, and when other.gardeners- find their supplies growing short his garden is in full profit.