ART UNION SALES

Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1937, Page 6

ART UNION SALES

By Telegraph—Press Association.

/ .I. ■ i 4b i METHODIST OBJECTION ENCOURAGING GAMBLING

Christchurch, Nov. 19. Concern over the eftect of art unions in encouraging gambling was expressed by the North Canterbury Methodist Synod yesterday, and two resolutions vere passed, one recommehdlng the Methodist Conference to urge the Government to withhold permits for art nninna and the other drawing the attention of the Minister for Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, to What was claimed to amount to clrcumvention of the city by-laws in the selling of art union tickets in doorways and on streets. "I do not know jwhether it is generally known, but quite a lot of our own members go in for art unions ^and talk about what they will do with the money if they win," said Mr. H. Chapman. The chairman, the Rev. Clarence Eaton, said that he hoped it was on something charitable and worthy. Mr. Chapman said he had not heard anyone say so. It left the church open to a charge of hypocrisy if it protested against art unions end could not bring its own people to order. Mr. Frank Thompson referred to the selling of art unlon tickets in doorways, saying that the Minister should be asked to put a stop to it, for it was circumventing the prohibition by the city council of selling art union tickets in streets.