SOCIAL QUESTIONS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 6

SOCIAL QUESTIONS.

■ At a recent, meeting'- _ r of;the. Sputhwark Diocesan. Conference ;social -'questions --.we're. also discussed '.under;the;^following;.resolutions :-K;'--' :: : ■'.';■,' o'-'-'/ ■-.'•: " -■";/..•.';--/"; ■;. '.'■'■ 'That, this:- conference .'-desires to. /express its,profoundest'sympathy ; :with-those whoior, no-fault of;their .Own are unable;, to obtain employment; and to state' that it-is the'-duty : of; christians not merely to ". attempt 'to-deal with the; problem of immediate distress, but also.by careful study ;of the : causes of uhemployment to endeavour to hasten a;permanent ; solution." •'...'/ ; ; ■;/;-: ' ; ; -'ly;*^ ';-:'' i-''-'" ,; ' '"'■ ''ii-'"' - '"That,,;aß;Churchmen,;we rejojeein the in- r creasing national ;longing for- social righteous-riessj-.which we believe'lies behind, the/grow-; ing Socialistic /thought/of ■: to-day,: and- will. further any effort, frgm.whatever .quarter,it; comes, which makes for Christian .social-legis-lation." ; ■•"."■' '..'''■-■'.'■'''■:,''■ '"''■-'-.■'-.•.- --The former was moved by the Rev. J.;; Conybeare, Head of the .Cambridge; House, who won unanimous support by/a forcible re-' cord of first-hand experience and by; iirgmr the difficulties of dislocation of- trade,.limited technical training,-and the, power of .personal, service. Mr. Stanley Powell, a local.brewer,' pleaded with the clergy, to seek intercourse with employers of labour and recognise-their readiness to ; co-operate; with them- in .-well-.. ;considered schemes.; Mr. .J. E.;G. 'de>Mont- ■ morency! advocated- the raising of; the. school ago limit to'sixteen./ Canon Lewis doubted the wisdom : of modern educational • standards, and'favoured-a/return; to; "the throe.R's:" The.latter resolution,,which had the;>strong support of the bishop; was-,carried by ,'a"' largo majority after- vain: attempts, to; omit 'the word."Socialistic." ><;;'; ••'• y ■'■'■;; :; ; >■/;■'. '/;..'/