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Northern Advocate, 30 August 1919, Page 3

The suggestion made by the vicar at Finsbury Church vestry meeting that the churchwardens should take the names and addresses of parishioners found frequenting publichouses during time of Divin e service, With a view to police court proceedings, was probably not intended to be taken too seriously (says Lloyd's Weekly.) Nevertheless it serves as a reminder how strict is the Sabbath that is still legally ordained in England. Mere absence from church, fo r instance, is an offence in the eyes of the law, so recently as 1864 a manservant named Walton was fined 9s 9d. for refusing to attend Divine service after being ordered to by his mistress.

Th e success which has attended the formation of the Young Citizens' League and its work among the boyi of Auckland, has encouraged the organisers to initiate similar work among the girls. Devenport inaugurated the first club for girls, the formal initiation ceremony taking place the other evening. Mr E. C. Purdie, a member of the Advisory Council, opened the club as a branch of the league, and delivered an address on the duties and ideals of citizenship. Starting with a membership of 25, the Girls'. Club will work on the same lines as the Boys' Club, physical drill, first-aid, reeitatipn f and musical classes being included in its activities. It is hoped by the league that other clubs for girls will soon be formed, the success already attained among the boys being proof of the power for good such an organisation can be made to stand for among the young people of the community.