MORAL STANDARDS IN N.Z.
IN DANGER OF BEING LOWERED (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, February 18. The danger of the Christian and moral standards of New Zealand being lowered was stressed by the Bishop of Wellington (the Rt. Hon. H. St. Barbe Holland) when speaking today at a luncheon of the Optimists’ Club. “In New Zealand there are disquieting suggestions that our public life, on the Christian foundation of which we pride ourselves, is being undermined,” he said. “Events within the last few weeks have suggested it. We have seen the failure of the juries of our land to express the conviction of the nation that the abominable crime of abortion must not be allowed within its borders. “I am encouraged by the words of the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) at the conclusion of the fourth trial, to express my strong conviction that a nation that cannot agree that this crime should not escape without punishment, is untrue to the fundamental Christian tradition of the British Commonwealth."
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Southland Times, Issue 23128, 19 February 1937, Page 3
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