Scientology Meeting Held In Melbourne
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) MELBOURNE, November 18. Twenty-six persons attended a Scientology meeting, addressed by Mr P. Gillham, the world executive secretary of the movement, in the Melbourne suburb of Noble Park last evening.
Scientology was banned in a tremendous amount of inVictoria in 1965 by the Psy- terest in it. To meet this inchological Practices Act. No terest, a large shipment of police or State Health De- books on Scientology will be partment officers attended arriving in Victoria soon.” last evening's meeting. Mr Gillham said the move- ! Mr Gillham, who spoke on ment was ready and able to I “The Basics of .Scientology” perform marriage ceremonies | said that Scientology had con- in Victoria.
i tinned to expand in Victoria “Until our church is recog- , since it had been banned. nised by the State, persons . “It is impossible to stop wishing to be married as ipeople’s beliefs,” Mr Gillham Scientologists will have to said. “In trying to ban Scien- also undergo a civil cere--1 tology, Victoria has created mony,” he said.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31840, 19 November 1968, Page 17
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