DANCE HALLS DENOUNCED.
CATHOLIC? BISHOPS' VIEWS, LONDON. Oct. 7. .A gathering of Roman Catholic bishops at Maynooth, Ireland, has issued a denunciation of dance-halls, in which if is stated that, compared villi the lascivious dances of London and Paris, the Irish jig and other national dances are decent. '•The latter," the pronouncement states, "do not produce degeneration. They involve such exertion that they cannot he danced for long hours. that is their strong commendation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19148, 14 October 1925, Page 11
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74DANCE HALLS DENOUNCED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19148, 14 October 1925, Page 11
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