METHODIST CONFERENCE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 29, 11 March 1914, Page 7

METHODIST CONFERENCE.

SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. By Association. —Copyright. (Received March 11, 10.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, March 11. The Melodist Conference has de- . V,; ' . # # cided vigorous pledge-signing erusade during the year. ' It has recommended legislation for State option, in addition to local option, with ballots on the basis ,of a bare majority vote, and has entered protests againSt Sunday military exercises, and prize fighting, 'dgginst the licensing of Stadiums. , (The conference also urges' the. Attorney to refuse to iauthorise art unions, which are instruments of gambling, and has urged all Methodists tto (abstain from secular engagements and unnecessary travelling on Sunday. ' ;