AUCKLAND QUEEN CARNIVAL

Southland Times, Issue 17533, 22 September 1915, Page 6

AUCKLAND QUEEN CARNIVAL

LOTTERIES AND ART UNIONS. ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCHES. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND. Sept 21. Between 70 and 80 clergymen attended a meeting at the Anglican Diocesan office this morning, convened by the Clergy Association and Ministers’ Association of Auckland, to consider the attitude of the Church generally towards the fortlicoining "Queen Carnival" in relation to the holding of art unions and raffles as an integral part of the carnival. A manifesto prepared by'the committee was adopted after discussion. The manifesto set forth that while clergymen had the deepest sympathy with the objects of the Carnival, the committee’s conscientious conviction made it impossible for them to give any countenance to. or assistance in. the carrying out of the Carnival while its programme was characterised by gambling. It was felt that the people of the Auckland province were to be better reached by, and that a better response would come from, a direct appeal on the highest grounds to patriotism, loyalty and generosity; whilst to have a carnival of gambling would only pander to undesirable elements in onr community life. In the event of the gambling proposals be- ! ing abandoned the clergymen of Auckland would enthusiastically unite to further the interests of the fund and to secure. as far as they were able, the sum required. A committee was set up to lay the manifesto before the Patriotic League and to present the views of clergymen.