DISORDER IN CHURCH.
OBJECTION TO RITUAL. , VICAR CLOSES SERVICE. LONDON, July 30. A free fight, in which women took part, was a climax to a further disturbance at St. Michael's Church, Lumb-in-Rossen-dale. i\s soon as the vicar, the Rev. J. Caleb, began the service, a very large body of protesters - stood up and sang 12 hymns without stopping, until Mr. Caleb was compelled to declare the service closed. He led the choir through a back door, where police were waiting. A fight immediately broke out in the* vestibule, and women joined in jeering at. the vicar as he left under police protection. Sir. Caleb was absent from the evening service. Four weeks ago the vicar had to call tho police in to suppress an interruption of his service. Many of the congregation, who objected to his ritual, sang hymns, .lie wont- away for a fortnight, but his next service had to be abandoned:
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20925, 15 July 1931, Page 11
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