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Otago Witness, Issue 3958, 21 January 1930, Page 36

“I have no patience with those who say they have no use for religion,” said Bishop Anderson, formerly of Riwrina, Australia, preaching at St. Matthew’s Church, Auckland. “Surely they can go back to the time when they first began to think seriously.” At 12 years of age, added the bishop, the average child was beginning to ask himself why he was alive, where he came from, and where he was going after death. These were questions which invariably arose at some time in a child’s life and they demanded an answer. “If we were ..nimals it would be different,” he said. “ The animals do not question why they have been given an existence, and what they should do with it. But human beings are intended to live a life to more purpose than the beasts of the field. The problems of origin and of our purpose in life are questions which must be faced or else put aside, and to deny religion is to accept an existence of no more value than that of the animals.”

While fishing from the Devonport Ferry wharf the other evening, Nir V. Jones, of Devonport. landed a kingfish approximately 401 b in weight, and estimated to be nearly four feet in length. The fish was hooked at 9.30 p.m. and was played for half an hour, a dinghy having to be used to lift it out of the water as it was thought that the line would not bear the weight. A schnapper weighing 241 b and measuring 3ft 2in in length, was caught in the Manukau Harbour near the Heads by Mr J. Cowley, of Royal Oak. fishing from Mr W. Wright’s launch Te Toa. Some difficulty was experienced in landing the fish, as the line used was a very light one, Mr Cow-ley’s hand being badly lacerated. The record weight for a schnapper caught in the Manukau is believed to be 2611 b.