METHODIST PROTESTS.
SIGNING THE PLEDGE. fßr Electric Telegraph—Copyright) [United Press Association.] (Received 10.45 a.m.) Sydney, March 11. The Methodist Conference decided on a vigorous pledge-signing crusade during the year. The conference recommended legislation for State option in additiqn to local option ballots on the basis of the bare majority vote. They entered protests against. Sunday military exercises and prize-fighting, protesting against the licensing of stadiums. They urged the AttorneyGeneral to refuse renewals or to authorise art unions, which were instruments of gambling. They urged all Methodists to abstain from secular engagements and unnecessary travelling on Sundays.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 59, 11 March 1914, Page 6
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96METHODIST PROTESTS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 59, 11 March 1914, Page 6
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