LOTTERY MONEY

Grey River Argus, 6 May 1933, Page 7

LOTTERY MONEY

SOUGHT BY CHURCH ORGANISATIONS. HAMILTON. May -1. A statement nuide by Dr. J. -L North, president of the Auckland Council of Christian ('ongregations to the effect that the Minister of Health I (the Hou. J. A. Young) hail said that lottery applications had been received from churches represented in a recent deputation which waited upon him to protest against art unions was commented upon by Mr. Young to-day. Mr. Young said that he hail nothing in detract from his statement that among the requests received for assist ance from one of the £4OOO alluvial gold art unions were some from certain Church organisations. Hp point ed out that he did not say that the applications had come from any of the churches represented by the depu ration, but the requests included applications from several organisations covered by tin* deputation. WHAT MINISTER SAID. WELLINGTON. May 5. In a statement to the Press AI sociation, the Minister of Health, Hon Mr J. A. Young, says that in the Press Association report of the statement made by him at Hamilton on Wednesday, referring to th«» ftp-llie.-iiioiis received from Church or'ju uisat ionsj for assistance from one of the four thousand founds alluvial gold art unions, he was reported to have said: “The requests had included am application from several organisations covered by the deputation.” Mr Young says he made no such statement, but what he did say was: “That applications had been received from organisations reI (resented by denominations covered by th? deputations.