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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1702, 16 December 1919, Page 5

WHAT BISHOP CLEARY SAYS.

SACRAMENTAL WINE.

In "The Month" Bishop Cleary writes as lollows:— "Many Catholics wefe, during the last campaign, sincerely concerned lest National Prohibition might result in rendoring it impossible to secure the fermented wine required for the Sacrifice of the Mass, the great, central act of our worship. AYith Catholics, such an apprehension, whether well or ill grounded, was a natural expression of their faith and devotion. The peculiar feature of this fear was the extent to which it was exploited by financial interests to which Catholics' supremo act of worship has hitherto been apparently no more sacred than a game of poker. Was it the Walrus or the Carpenter that 'wept like anything to see sueii quantities of sand' upon the wind-swept shore ? No matter It seems to us that neither anxious Catholics, nor their troubled nonCatholic friends in the 'trade need 'weep like anything'. over the matter of sacramental wine, in the event of National Prohibition taking N.Z., as it follows the westward track along which the Star of Empire takes its way. The NZ. Licensing Amendment Act or 1918 section 19, sub-section 2, says: 'Nothing in this section shall extend or apply to the importation, manufacture or sale in accordance with regulations made by the Governor-General in Council in that behalf, of intoxicating liquor for medicinal,; scientific, sacramental, or industrial purposes exclusively.' A letter from the then Hon. Attorney - General (Sir Francis Dillon Bell) conveys the substance of the proposed regulation in the following words: 'I am authorised b/ the Cabinet to state that, in the event of Prohibtion being carried, regulations under sub-section 2 of section 19 of the Licensing Amendment Act (1918) will provide for the importation by tho several Churches of wine for sacramental purposes, in such quantities as any Church may require for lengthened periods, the Churches being required to give sufficient security that the wine so imported shall not bo used for other than sacramental purposes. —-Advt.

Now is the time when portmanteaux are being packed for the approaching holidays. To people who study comfort and appearance clothes and dress accessories are Items of importance, such items as manicure sets, mirrors and brushes are always considered as essentials, there foro thcy_ form welcome and appropriate gifts for friends and relatives. At Collinson and Ounninghame's you can choose from a now, large and varied stock, reasonably priced, folding \ manicure sets, 4s lid, 6s 9d; folding manicure sets, in cases, 6s lid, 17s 6d, 29s 6d, 355, 37s 6d, 49s 6d; cash discount one penny in the shilling.—Advt.

Do not let it bo said that Prohibition has failed because you were too indifferent to vote. The Jiquor traffic only continues by the vote of those who vote for it. and those who da not vote against it.—Advt,