“NO MORAL PARADISE.”

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 June 1928, Page 5

“NO MORAL PARADISE.”

BITING CRITICISM. CHURCHMEN’S OPINIONS OF NEW ZEALAND. That New Zealand is appallingly conceited, that it leads the world in crime, lunacy, and immorality, and that its members of Parliament are not even second rate, were some of the statements made during a discussion before, the Council of Christian Gongretious at Auckland on civic morals (states an exchange). Archbishopo Ayerill made an appeal for higher ideals in public life.. Under the heading of “delusions.” his Grace said one of the follies of New Zealand people was to shut their eyes to fans and assert that New Zealand had got on very well for the past 50 years without God and Christ. If they would look up New Zealand statistics they would see what a moral place the Dominion was comparatively. It led the world in lunacy, suicides, prison population, divorces, and illicit first conceptions. His only point in quoting figures was to show and press home the criminal folly of those who would throw dust in their eyes and pretend that New Zealand was a moral paradise. New Zealanders had to be thankful for many blessings, but they were worse than fools if they 'allowed themselves to be persuaded that everything was all right. The Rev. J. J. North remarked t’’rt he felt as if his Grace had 1 taken this little country by the neck and shaken some of the conceit out of it. New Zealand was appallingly conceited, he said. Canon James remarked that the country was in the greatest danger from the fault of, complacency. The difficulty was to get .suitable men for Parliament. “Our present meu are second rate.” be asserted. “and T would uot even rate them as high as that on the uoint of character.”

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