“SHOCKING TO MANY”

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19138, 6 October 1936, Page 5

“SHOCKING TO MANY”

STATUE OF ATHLETE FURTHER CITY PROTEST (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this clay. The Auckland Council of Christian / Congregations, at its annual meeting last night, discussed the statue of a nude athlete on the gates of the Auckland Domain, but decided to take no further action in the matter in view of the inability of the council to obtain the support of the church and educational officials, who, according to the president, the Rev. J. A. Thomson, were loth to open the subject again for public discussion. Without the help of such persons, the council felt it would be futile to make any further move. Pastor Campbell said that many persons were waiting for a lead, and he moved that the council considers the nudity of the statue to be offensive to a considerable number of citizens and deleterious to the morals of passers-by, and requests the City Council to take suitable steps to modify it. Mr. T. L. Caley, the seconder of the motion, said the statue was unspeakably shocking and horrifying to many women. The Rev. E. D. Patchett said it would be a mistake for the council to give undue publicity to the subject, as the meeting was not representative of the strength of the council. The motion was then withdrawn.