SOCIAL IDEALS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 207, 30 August 1916, Page 11

SOCIAL IDEALS.

««£»£ n |e__t?^_* h S- th \ f lackland tte Grafr-n held on Monday in on "S^ D ld " wh en a lecture Father]M_L of W r,n?, S & IV b y th * Rev. that The lecturer said reform w_pn ?£, ?_ morn 'ng of social reckon a man k c wor,d was cominTto hearers back 4toT_Tl* J* , his 4> a --were 2 /per weekf wVh ilf t „ h o^ c earned Viz c *» wlt " which he could buy . f .<• of paire of shoes and two galloS. ■«r£ , « h tSd2t Wb. Auckland bro Te. rise to rfn «? ay would need a 3° Per cent ft f S.?, 6 ' _ Xnere w <*"-e thirty •*bichea?h w-Jg-" 011 dUriDS the y ear - drorvL - w °rkman was paid. Five hunted years ago cbUdren were free to 4 to K__. U _- T glamja " and technical T-e^. a W h 7 c moron . u °ierons than to-day. Br a t n ,-fnY ,,g K Was m most wses done 'or£S_2S Sl ?,, by "> e The worke_l zSlrl, l^ mSelTes in trade or labour &_£_ IS* 1 . combers against J«r(_gn sweaters, and which helped ton. ■aSffn"? aDd a? f d workers ' T"» S?W«r of ma *, te _ y wa ? w «h the methods p.taf<f>n_ D a" 1 ?, 111 . 6 upkeep of the 460 bosShivS en eslstln: ? 'a EDgland, all of meh. were controlled by the labour guilds, which were managed by the clergy __<_ which freed the municipaUties ___ «£ *mUm ot the feudal system. Social dis- • uacuon was not so great, partly owin_ to w»r_^? ence °§ toe m ystery plays, which were often used to emphasise the fact that is no respecter of persons. All heard Mass every day. and the influence of their numerous daily devotional exercises permeated their lives and their work. The lecturer concluded by saying that the cohdi- ' «ons that existed in Catholic England 500 years ago. and which were ruined by the ' of monasteries and guilds fol- j lowing on the Reformation, were the ideals . .towards \rbrc_ the labourers of to-day were i striving. " ;