PERNICIOUS PARSONDOM

NZ Truth, Issue 358, 4 May 1912, Page 5

PERNICIOUS PARSONDOM

A WOWSERY WORKS CftMMITTEE. Dt>g m the Sbmger^ldlmds» The Titanic Strfterws — A Object — Oaveiock Wason^Jfeoposal—The Rnristers* Jiss. kmnytd — Got Antfrfcmd by the WooJ— The Temlic Tcadein £From "TruthV Aucfctaotfeikipil

When the- news' of iihewdJßeaafiol- <B&* aster to the Titanic wae confirmed, anil it became a certainty that hundreds o£ '■ seamen, firemen aad sfcewante — the ! humble toilers of the deep — bad sacri- ! ficed their lives so that helpless- -women ! and children might be saved; and ikt&t i most of them had left widp-ws, children ■ t:n d parents dependent upon, them, Mr ! 1 Javelock Wilson, President of the Na- ! iional British Seamen's and Firemen's i Union, together with the local branch, i>r the Federated Searaearfs Umony <ie-: cided to take steps to raise a. fnnd i:o^ wards the alleviation qf"tb,e <fistresK»oC THE WLKOWS AND OKPELS2iISj It was decided by various parties j concerned that the best thans" *» <*<* | would be to hold a Sunday- lectnre^aod i sacred entertainment m. tiJ^'Tcwm; TfaW. on Sunday night last. V With praiseworthy promptifcnder'fha Messrs Fuller, Hay ward and WesCa Picture Proprietaries and. ofcheES Immediately offered their assistance, and agreed either to put on sacred items at their own theatres, or a combined one at the Town Hajl. m conjunction. With Mr HavelQck WfJsonts address, for the benefit of the -widows and, orphans left, destitute by the- dfeastet. Also, the Professional Musicians* Un-: ion offered their assistance at tba event. The moment the project became known and permits wpre applied fox, Pansondom and the Wowser raised its loud blatant gill to the heavens, and became" like a raving lunatic. That godly, chaata-ble body, known as the Auckland Ministers' Ass(n), fnrioosly. grabbed its h^t and brqUy and rushed frantically round to the City CJouncil to protest against- -the horifljle-vSacri-lege which was , ABOUT TO BE PEKKETEIE^EIt It must be remembered that tills :>rsv<.:«evTOrtby ity^fcje^taiEsaent va.p- pro-- ' ■•:•. iJT" 1 :)'.. . . :•■ t-l'.- nv.-rrt:- of O^qoK-sr., -svtto <is. i>4iScijoeui or Liv s'-iviy Lc^iy, risi3£d 'use-. 'fo^.oi wail of protest' to M,ayprßair, aaqa .tda mattyr was pushed along to the pre- :'■ tipus Works . Committee, whiph , ho^ charge uf ihf.se mattei'S. . : . ■.' ; This Wunderrul body decided that ■ "m iji'-rmiis would be issued .for Suiir : t'.ay cvtTiiiiy ior pictures," .but they toiMd iii- iual m Lhc aftornoon! I .\iarvi«li- -is .wisdom! .-'■'. ; . 1 rarupud'-rn know, by experience, i riHshad \\v\l :'-):\L i;f< ontprUiinme'nt— ■ ri.'i o\i r. t'lf ij- c-wii ludicrous Sawbath. S(;li(>ol^-- ;rr>iiid iwy m Lhc afternoon, i. llKTo£orc\ !l"i.i-v jirijU-sLud against the • ryoninir i": ii-rUiirnntiil, and a wowscry ; idiotic Woriss Committee allowed itself ' to be ;j ul '.'.-(I ruiiid lhc room by. its red" j beak by n. ioi cf • '•'■., '•', \ PIXCH.-.'l3is:;\ V PARSONS, ' 'v.-hdso main object m life is the "col-. k'Ctinn " . '. !' Parsondom. with Us usual keen com- ! raorcial i-yc In business, knew w^ell t thai, f.'\-L j h . iiU.'rioupii the entertainment ■wore held a.C;cr churc-h service,;, yet ; such an entertainment, from its very (object, would appeal to the people, and I'ncreforo, as it would be a crowded I .show, the people wjuld.so early to get it. seat. Therefore the church would be j empty, ami Parsondom would haye, a small tine; cheerless collection of "thrummwrs!" i li^idently the Wowser has got Auckj iand "by the wool." so to speak. \ city (which stops its train service to suit the j wowsers, kirk services, and, at th* i ! same time, holds q. record for. New 'Zealand o* the most horrible eriinti«, such as abortion, murder, robbery. ;v/ith violence, san-d-bagginS. and so on, •is typical of the city m which the | v.owsei- and parsondoin. is-^the-control-i jl-ng powei.