THE CLERGY'S ATTITUDE

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 225, 21 September 1915, Page 2

THE CLERGY'S ATTITUDE

TOWARDS PATRIOTIC ART UNIONS. I'l.E \ Kill; \ dirk 1 vri'E VI.. ( .n attendance of between seventy and eighty clorgv m, n attended a mooting at the Anglican Ituic-Biin Crfficc this ,n,im i I ink,", ciiivene,! I.v the Ci.-rgv V-*.., .ationl uti ith Ministers" .Woe,atom »l A.i. k I hind., to consider the attitad.- of the] i Church generally towards tho forthcoul ' ing "VJucen Carnival" m relation lo the , holding of urt unions and rafll.-s as an I integral part of the carnival. A in.inifo.srto prepared I.v a rommittee, I consisting nf H_ho;i Aven'll and thij Rev ■E. A. K.rwnod. together with repn-son jt.itc.ss ~:" the. Clergy xuuiciution and I tho Ministers' AjwociatP'ii whs road to I the mooting I,\ tin- It, v U . . Itolling-s' and wa.s substantia Ily .iduplej after discussion. Tho manifesto set forth that while ' clergymen lead the deepest sympathy jwitalhr objects of the ( arnival Commit j j tee, .conscientious conviction made it! j impossible for tli-m to give .mv .s,union anco to or assistance in the earning out iof tl. carnival while its programme s«n j characterised by gambling. It w.us frit . Ilia! the people of Auckland province l*rre \p lie hotter readied 1..v. and thai 'a tx-ttor response would come fmm a , direct appeal on the highe.sst grnun-U lo i tlnr patriotism, loyalty and gein-r-s.itv. J whilst t> have a carnival of gambling j i would only pander to undesirable .do I mi-iils in our community life The general prosperity through th- enhancer phi.-cs ~m pro diu-e. together with r/nr general 1 financial stability gave every reason for hoping that the total sum required would ho secured from a direct and per | sonal appeal throughout tho province |In tho event of tho gambling proposals I being abandoned tho clergymen of Auckland would enthusiastically unite to further ihc interests of the fund and ;to secure, as far as they wore aide, the , sum required. The following committee was set up ;to lay the manifesto before the i _tri j otic League nnd to present the views lof the clergymen:-Bishop Avorill. Rev. |E. A. fur-wood. Archdeacon Mao Murray. j Revs. I. -lolly. C. ft. Munrn. U. S\ Roll i ings, tl. Bond, and C. H. Laws.