MORAL STANDARDS 1

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 18 November 1937, Page 13

MORAL STANDARDS 1

IUUIKNT NKKU OF EXAMINATION I RKKKRKNCK TO MeMILLAN REPORT; • Itv Telegraph-I’i'ckh Associs I ionl | CHRISTCHURCH, ]7ll> November. | Stressing the urgent need of an ox-; animation ul' the moral .standards of the community, the Rev. Clarence 1 Katon. who presided id the opening of the annual Synod .of the North Canterbury District of the Methodist Church to-day, said that if it were true that;, the test of a civilisation was character and the status of its women, the McMillan report on abortion gave good reason for concern on the part of those whose business it was to care for the moral health of the people. Referring to the Minister of Health’s statement that steps were being taken In prevent the indiscriminate sale of ahorlifaeient drugs and appliances. Mr Katon s.aid ihere was no mention of drastic action to prevent Iho hawking and indiscriminate sale of contraccp-1 lives by unscrupulous chemists, small traders and others, "Our measures: must begin with ■ the man, not the woman. Medical men who are importuned by despor- j ale women to commit this crime testify i that there is usually a male prompter in the background. The part drink 1 plays in llii.s sorry business has been i recently stressed by one of our Sup- ] reme Court Judges. It is the contents of j a man’s hip llask that makes it slippery | for heedless womanhood on the down- j ward path. The breakdown is in mas- 1 online chivalry and self-control. In-' diligence in alcoholic liquor is said to! he a common feature of week-end sport." Mr Katon concluded: "Respect for law and order is whittled away when sly-grog selling is winked at in club; house and pavilion. Leaders of sport.! may find club funds augmented at too! great a cost to young manhood." I