SUNDAY TRAIN WAR.
VICAR PROPOSES TEST.
The Uov. Eberi .Molloy, Vicar of SheuItone, a village near Lichfield, England, approached tho Ministry of Transport to 'est the. legality uf Sunday excursions passing through or stopping at Shenstone On Sundays.
" Every Sunday," Mr. Molloy said, trains start, from Alton Towers and Other places ;it. the time people should bo £°'ng to church, and they naturally object to (his desecration uf tho Lord's Day."
in his parish magazine Mr. Molloy ftiakes scathing criticisms on the. conduct his parishioners at Holy Communion. Women arrive with hats on like blinkers," ho says. " They can neither "Gar, nor sec, nor be seen."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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106SUNDAY TRAIN WAR. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)
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