TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11027, 16 March 1914, Page 4

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

THE BORROWED SERMON. Men who preached merely borrowed sermons, held the Bishop ot Carlisle at an Islington clerical meeting recently, were in grave peril, as all borrowers were, of ultimately becoming bankrupt. Ihought-lenders were in some ways almost as ruinous as money-lenders. It was hard to imagine any real teacher depending much on borrowed sermons. One reason why some churches were empty was because the teachings of their' pulpits were second-hand, antiquated, innutritions, sterile. They had no living touch with the current age, its thoughts, its wants, its ideals. MEAT PJUCE~MYSTERY.

At a sitting of the Dominions Royal Commission in Loudon the curious point was brought out that Canterbury lumb was actually 'dearer in Nov. - Zealand, its country of origin, than in London, Mr Gilbert Anderson said the retail purchaser in England paid 2d or 2}-d more per lb for Canterbury lamb than the farmer received for the carcase put into the cold store for shipment. Asked why the price of Canterbury lamb was higher in Canterbury (New Zealand) than in London, Mr Anderson said this was due to the large quantities exported. Sir Eider Haggard : It seems mysterious that meat should be cheaper after it has been stored and carried 12,000 miles overseas.