PREACHING IN A CIRCUS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 82, 3 October 1929, Page 14

PREACHING IN A CIRCUS

In Paris a. famous Catholic priest, Father Sanson, the celebrated preacher of Notre Dame, one of the greatest pulpit orators of the time, has found an original way of spreading the tenets of his°rcligion.VHo appears each night at the Cirque d Hiver. Between two acts, one by Japanese magicians and another by a trained seal, Father Sanson makes his appeal to the crowd. It takes no longer than four minutes, five at the outside. The impression is tremendous. Although one can hardly hear a word the preacher says' from the doorway,.the sight of ihe man in the black soutane, gesticulating with earnestness and passion there in the sawdust ring, surrounded by clowns and girls in tights and trapezists is somctliins so utterly novel that the burst of applause which greets the end of his little speech seems not out of place.

Reporting to the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon, tho A. to L Public Petitions Committee recommended that the petition of ltobert John Clarke, of Wellington, asking that a Magistrate, or some other competent person should be appointed to hear his claim for_ compensation and that the State Accident Insurance Office should be required to pay him such sum as appeared just, should be referred to the Government for favourable consideration.

The annual football match between teams from the sth and 19th Batteries will take place at Lyall Bay at 3 p.m. to-morrow Both teams contain several prominent players and a close "and exciting game is expected. All members and ex-members of both batteries are invited to attend.