BAPTIST UNION
PROTEST AGAINST PATRIOTIC LOTTERIES. Prese Association. AUCKLAND, October 14. The liaptist Union carried unanimously a resolution protesting against the legalisation of lotteries for patriotic purposes. The Rev. G. Howard Lawrence wae admitted a member of the union; - It .was resolved to hold a self-denial week yearly in aid of Home and Foreign Missions.
The treasurer estimates that for the ensuing year the receipts will be .£1292 and the expenditure .£862, exclusive of a special grajit of .£IOO for Tiniaru. On the motion' of the Eev. J. TV. North it was resolved:—"That the Baptist Union of New Zealand endorses the demand of the Catholic Federation that a censor of firms should be appointed. The union believes that the portrayal of !*exual depravity and crime is especially dangerous to the nation. The union also believes that the censorship should be based on the broadest moral considerations." '
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9175, 15 October 1915, Page 9
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146BAPTIST UNION New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9175, 15 October 1915, Page 9
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