PEACE QUESTION

Grey River Argus, 4 May 1937, Page 3

PEACE QUESTION

Negro Evangelist DIVINE’S AUSTRALIAN COLLABORATIONS. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) SYDNEY, May 3. “Peace Missions” connected _ With American Evangelist Father Divine s movement exist at Sydney and' Melbourne. According to one Sydney newspaper. Li New Zealand woman Svdi t the local centre in 1924. She says his followers recognise his presence as God instead of thinking of God in heaven.

ANGLO-AMERICAN MOVEMENT.

AUCKLAND, May 3.

An advocate of the British-Amen-can co-operation movement for world peace. General 11. W- Lloyd, member of the Legislative Assembly, New South Wales, arrived by the Monterey to spend three weeks in the North Island. ■ • He said the movement, had taken ext raordinaiy active form in Australia-. where it was realised bot.i Australia and New Zealand were veiv vulnerable in case of complications in Europe. He believed the alliance ;O the English-speaking nations would prevent war for the next fifty years. The British-American co-operation movement started quietly in Australia about a year ago, on serious cold logical lines' but it had become electrical in its effect. Even America, in an unsuspected manner had realised such an alliance was the only solution to the most difficult problem that had faced the world since 1918. The movement was supported by the Federal Piiime Minister and State Premiers. (BRITISH PHYSICAL TRAINING BILL. RUGBY, April 30. The Government’s Physical Train, ing and Recreation Bill, giving effect, to the plans for a national fitness

campaign, is making in ll’iarliament. It should icach •- Senate Book at an early date. Bj that time the ■ National Adviso y Council, 1 under, the presidency of Aberdare, hopes to have completed the preliminary organisation on whiM it is engaged. A nation-wide poster campaign with the slogan, “Get fit and keep fit,” is being inaugurated to-morrow.