THE ENGLISHMAN'S SUNDAY

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 17

THE ENGLISHMAN'S SUNDAY

One of the most influential journals in England, "The Manchester Evening News," *ecently took a ballot vote on Sundays games and Sunday cinemas. The two questions.put were: "Are you in favour of Sunday- games in public parks at times not interfering.with the hours of divine worship?" "Are you in favour of the opening of cinemas on Sundays after the. hours of divine worship?" "The Manchester Evening News" has a splendid circulation; the questions put were simple; they were distributed within a radius of five miles of the city; every, care was taken in the distribution of the papers and their collection, and nearly half a, million votes were cast. ■'; They were examined by a largo staff under close supervision, and the paper arranging for this vote took a neutral position on the question; it simply appealed for an expression of public opinion, and hero is tho result which followed "Sunday games—For 37,609; against 198,003. Total vote cast, 235,672; majority against, 160,454. Sunday einemas-^-For 30,078; against 205,643.' Total vote cast, 235,721; majority against, 175,565. Aggregato votes cast, .471,393." The majority against Sunday games, was 160,454; against Sunday cinemasat was 175,565.