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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 6 October 1928, Page 5

Sunday excursions came in for strong condemnation by the Dunedin Presbytery when the Rev. Dr. Herrington, chairman of the Public Questions Committee, moved “That the Presbytery of 'Dunedin observes with regret that the Railways Department proposes to run a Sunday excursion train to Lawlenie for purposes of sightseeing; and the Presbytery further expresses its strong disapproval of the extension of the public, services for excursions on Sundays.” The mover said that one lid not need to be strictly Sabbatarian to realise the danger of introducing Continental Sundays here. Anyone who had had experience of the rush and bustle of excursions in some of the overseas towns on a Sunday must hope that the time was far distant when such scenes would be weekly occurrences in Dunedin. They should endeavour to observe the sanctity and quietness of the Lord’s Day. A deputation had waited on the Minister ot Railways in 1925, and he had given an assurance that no extension would be given to the running of Sunday trains. They asked for the fulfilment of that promise. The motion was carried unanimously.

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