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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 62, 27 October 1911, Page 6

Bishop Crossley had something to say on the subject of dogs visiting places of worship in the course of his charge to the Auckland Diocesan Synod on Fridaj'. He said that perhaps he was more disconcerted than ho need he, hut lie had found dogs in all kinds of buildings, from the Cathedral downwards. He pointed out that in some old churches at Homo there was a very interesting ecclesiastical appliance duly entered upon tho Church Terrier—not the canine terrier, of course. It was called a dog-catcher, made in the form of a sort of double tongs. It was the duty of the churchwarden to pursue intruding dogs therewith, grip them round the neck, and thus deprive church dog-fanciers of their companions in Cod’s house. “I think, upon the whole, a more up-to-date and simple remedy,” suggested the Bishop, “would bo the provision of'a light wire door, easily fixed, at little cost, which would not obstruct the air, and yet would keep dogs in their proper place—outside. I imagine most churchwardens would really prefer this to the agile and somewhat venturesome Sunday exercise with a dog-catcher.”