Bishop Julius on Athletics

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7541, 23 January 1896, Page 4

Bishop Julius on Athletics

True sport in all its multifarious forma has' an ardent friend in Bishop Julius, of Christchurch. Being an old Australian, he naturally had a hearty word of welcome for the New South Wales cricketers on thoir arrival ; and he also made an interesting speech at the official reception of the Australian Amateur Athletic team. The Bishop believes that genuine sport, entered into in a sportsmanlike spirit, is a factor in nation-buildingnotto be despised. He considers that such visits a? those mentioned above have great value, nob only as regards athletics generally, but also upon our life as a nation. Speaking upon one of the occasions referred to, Bishop Julius said he thought his audience would agree with him that the chaffy telegrams passing between the London and New York exchanges had done more to show the absurdity of war with England and America than anything else, and yet it had arisen out of sport. They might not get Australian Federation for many a long day to come, but gatherings like the contests for the championships brought us more together and made us moro and more feel like brothers. Men could not wheel together or run together without becoming better known to each other and learning to respect each other better.