WORLD'S NEWS

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10958, 5 October 1928, Page 5

WORLD'S NEWS

MONGREL CHURCHMEN CANON’S DECLARATION. United Press Assn—Jßy Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, October 4. “Anglo-Catholics. Evangelicals, and Modernists are all mongrels,” declared Canon Wilson, bishop-desig-nate of Chelmsford, addressing the church congress, “but the mongrels are always more interesting than the thoroughbreds and generally more intelligent . ’ ’ Canon Wilson prefaced his remark by saying xx'ith fourfold emphasis that the Catholic Appstolic Reformed Protestant must be retained in relation to the Church of England if the Anglican interpretation of Christian faith xx-as to he truly expressed. Once the principle of reform was alloxved to operate, religion ceased to be a pond and became a running stream. The Anglican Church had become comprehensive through the admission of the legitimacy of reform. The comprehension had brought into being many mongrel churchmen. EDITOR. DEAD. NEW YORK. October 4. Obituary.—Clarence Barron, editor of the “Wall Street Journal.” MELBOURNE TRAGEDY. Melbourne, October 4. While walking home on a street in South Melbourne xx-ith a companion, George Lax\-, aged 19 years, xvas shot dead, apparently xvith a pea rifle. Laxv’s companion did not hear the - shot, but a few minutes after Law fell, he heard a motor cycle engine start. Police were quickly on tiie- scene but failed to form any conclusion regarding The murder which apparently has no motive. SHALE TRANSACTION. LONDON, October 4. The L. and N. Broxxn Coal Company announces that it is disposing of its distillation process to the Australian Shale Corporation on the following terms: £IOO,OOO in fully paicl pound ordinary shares and £50,000 in pound convertible debenture stock, carrying 7) per cent interest. The Brown Company has purchased 7500 ordinary shares in order t 0 have a controlling interest in the Tasmanian concern. It has also undertaken to erect on the Tasmanian field a retort- to deal xx-ith 100 tons of shale daily, from which it is estimated 50 gallons of oil can be obtained.