SUNDAY LESS QUIET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17407, 4 November 1930, Page 4

SUNDAY LESS QUIET

CONDITIONS IN BRITAIN EFFECT OF MOTOR TRANSPORT The Rev. Dr. >G. T. Pinfold, secretary of the Wellington Ministers’ Association, arrived at Auckland by the Rangitune last week after an aosence from the Dominion of sLx months. He attended the Methodist Conference at Leeds, and also the conference of the Irish Church in Dublin. Dr. Pinfold preached in various churches, including the one at City road, London, which is called the Mother Church of Methodism. He also officiated at the Birmingham Central Mission. His opinion is that preaching at Home tended in the direction of philosophy rather than evangelism. Conditions had altered considerably in England, the motor vehicle having practically revolutionised the life of the people, said Dr. Pinfold. Railway companies and road motor services catered tor Sunday traffic by offering exceedingly low fares. This, in addition to a large number of privately-owned cars, had the effect of robbing Sunday of nearly all its old-time quiet. The countryside had changed. Many fine old estates were being cut up for building purposes, and long, straight roads were replacing the old-fashioned winding lanes. Although many iron and pottery works were lying idle, there was still activity in house-building to be seen on all sides.—-Star.