THE CARNIVAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 230, 27 September 1915, Page 9

THE CARNIVAL.

(To the EdUtor.) Sir,—Presumably i n thi» wo*§erTidden Dominion cub prizes would not Ik permitted in an "art union." though tame rattlesnakes. Taeraanian bears, and sotor cars may be raffled for. No*, it i> not ererybody who cares to possess these freaks of nature »nd commodities. Way not something more concrete, say Auckland Gae, S.B. Ins-. 8.N.Z.. and Xat. Bank shires? All stocks stand at a prcr.ium. and could readily b* converted into £ *■ d. Aβ for gambling, is not liie :teeU a risk? How about insurance. Terminating Building Society shares, the ballot (or land, church banars, and the lucky bag?—l am. etc, H.J. 8. C. White writes.—'l cannot think tkat the action of a section of the clergy in coming cut into the limelight at the present juncture to champion a minor ethical question is likely to enhance thtir standing in a community the vast majority of »h;ch entirely dissents from their opinion. The deadly apathy with which churchmen continue to regard social institutions which inflict untold misery on the mass of mankind giv<« I them no lead in the raising of trivial j questions o( morality. I will venture to say that ;n contrast with the money earned by many well to-do persons, that won in a strais'nt-out sramble is the, cleanest of all. A- for the rest, no one | beliefs or has said that a carnival is the best possible way of raisine the J money it is. however, one way. and in most opinions a harmless one. j To the E.li'ir i Sir,—Pie clergy an J ministers of ! AuekiaiH ire to" be congratulated on ; their decision not to countenance any : form ol gi.-nbi.ni mi connection with 'effort* on b»half of wounded soldiers, j Wir tend* always to have a baneful : effect on nan-nil morality, and there | never a- a<. a tiny in our nation's hietcwy when it was more necessary than at the present to guard jealoudly the public eon.v■.»n:» aznmst corruption. It will dtiirht more than one per.ton in ; the province to know that this time ; ! the An_-!,<-jn Church has fallen into linr« with the non episcopal Churches. »n<l has asserted the more wholesome and I puritarn-n! view of the question. It may lie tut that ChuTcJl has not el*ay. done .0 in W* p«t. The case «t*d h-. Mr Elliot, in ha reply to the depuut.nn may poeeiblv he a case m pmnt. Bat thet is no reason why she » ! 'ouU to ;lie -isc again. There '■». after a! , . »om<-tnmj in what Emcraon »aid-— -.\ !,,,:-:, cuns»tency is tho hob- ■ %au\:n u l i.f.1.. niinde." A very safe j mle on -th.x matters »: "It 'here II «ny dout.t giv«. the benrtlt of lh* doubt to -Jn Mjr ~f right, not to the other Bide." An m'j.ajwod study of history amply bear* oit the statement that •-•wlien' t!.;« whoieeome ethical principle has Lern honoarH. a nation —our nation particularly—has prospered. If *f»h lo erniT/* saVly and gloriously frrr?i [„ ■ : ,mi »tru;.'2;lr. *« inunt | n<jt :,.,-: )•,' • - nil.- m.mn-nt liic 'c-ui: j Dij\ m '..i.it :he en 1 jiutilioi thi , rceans. *~1 am. pi,-.. C. B. JU-RD-iN-f-ic.'ua, September li-