THE LICENSING POLL.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10129, 11 December 1911, Page 2

THE LICENSING POLL.

i CHIURCH OF EiNGLAND. . AND SACRAMENTAL WINiE. ; 'aOTING' PMMA.TB AND REfV. MJt ; haimmolNiD 1. ■/■■■ | ! (Per United Press Association.) j I ' ■' —~~ ■-„... ! WIE)LL(IIS TGTO'N, December 11. j The following letter has been received by the Press Association from the Acting Primate of New Zealand: "My attention has 'been, called 1 to a I statement attributed to the Rev. Mr ' Hammond to the effect that when National Prohibition is carried the churches will cease to use fermented wine in the sacrament and holy communion, as his own had already done." As this ambiguous statement hais- been very widely circulated I think it right to say that the use of unfermented wine in holy communion is absolutely unlawful in the Church of England and no action of the State will be allowed to invalidate' the blessed sacrament. It is fair to Mr Hammond to say that he dis- ( tinctly repudiates the statement attributed to him and that he is fully aware that the use of fermented! win° in holy communion under nationalprohibition is expressly provided for. —Signed, 0. iOhristchuirch, Acting Primate." ■. /... . .