What Happened to the Pew?
{ Somethin* of a problem was p:o- ---! pounded by Councillor Bfent. at the i conclusion of the meeting of the St Kilda Borough Council, when he said he would like to give publicity to a particularly mean theft which had taken place in the borough (reports the “Otago Daily Times"*. He stated that on the Sunday morning alter the heavy ; rainstorm which took place in Dunedin ' and the suburbs recently, members of [ the St. Kilda Methodist Church placed a pew across a water channel to enable j the congregation to walk dry-footed | into the church When the service had I concluded, however, and the congrega ' tion was preparing to leave, it was discovered that the pew was gone Coun- I cillor Brent added that he realised that ♦he theft was not really a matter for the council, but he thought mention should be made of it “Maybe it was washed away." drily remarked a coun cillor. and there was no further discu' sion.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 21 December 1938, Page 6
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