LONDON CHURCHES
PROPOSED SALE OF SITES. MEASURE REJECTED BY COMMONS. (Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON, November 26. (Received Nov. 26, at 9 p.m.) In the House of Commons, Lord Hugh Cecil, in moving that the House should direct that the Union of Benefices andl the Disposal of Churches Bill be presented for Royal Assent, explained that the measure authorised the sale of the sites of certain London churches. Owing to the loss of Sunday population, he said, there were now 47 parishes for the 12,000 resident inhabitants. Nothing would be done without careful inquiry, but if the parishes in the city were reduced in number the funds could be assigned to the other churches in the Diocese of London. Ihe Bill would place a difficult matter in the hands of a Commission which would be in full touch with''moderate rational public opinion. ' _ , Sir T. Bowater, a former Lord Mayor of London, moved the rejection of the Bill urging that the obiect of the measure was’ to pull down the great ancient churches in the city to get money to spend elsewhere. . Lord Hugh Cecil’s motion was rejected by 124 votes to 27.—A. and N.Z. Cable-
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19958, 27 November 1926, Page 13
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