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Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1924, Page 4

“The time for little wooden churches in both town and country is gone,” said Archbishop Julius in the course of his sermon at the new church of St. James, Lower Riccarton, on Sunday evening, when complimenting the people of the parish on erecting such a substantial stone building. The archbishop added that wooden churches were not abiding, and the time had come when they should build nobler structures, as their fathers had done in the Old Land. The previous church in tha Lower Riccarton parish had been destroyed by fire. “Wooden churches ought to be destroyed by fire or in some other way,’’ the archbishop added. “It has become the practice for people to bemoan the degeneracy of the youths of to-day when compared with firmer days,” said Major-General Sir A. Robin in an address at Wellington. “I say that the physique of the youth of to-day (and I have had many opportunities of forming an opinion on the subject) is equal in every respect .with the physique of youths fifty years ago. Boys to-day are just as bright, keen-minded, and strong limbed as they were then. There is just this difference, that boys then had opportunities of developing the virtues of initiative and self-reliance to a greater extent than now. The boys are not degenerating, but they ar© wanting in opportunities to give expression to those virtues of initiative and self-reliance.”

McGruer’s have a special offer of final clearing prices of winter goods and the values offering are exceptional. A walk through their shop will convince you. They have also opened a new range in raincoats, both in cravenette, black rubber, striped rubber silk. These are something very new in styles and as well as being a raincoat are a dressy coat. Hawera town and district residents are reminded that the New Plymouth Soft Goods Manufadturin4 Co.’s premises at Hawera will definitely close on Thursday next, July 31. Until that date frocks will be offered at specially reduced figures, regardless of coat. The opportunity of securing these splendidly made and high grade material goods is one that should not be miised