RINGING OF CHURCH BELLS.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXX, Issue 2432, 3 January 1931, Page 4

RINGING OF CHURCH BELLS.

(To the Editor). Sir—lt may be a religious custom, but I certainly think the continued ringing of S. Andrew’s Church bells on Now Year's Eve night was a little overdone. No one objects to the suitable ushering in of the New /Year, and a little noise is even pardonable, but to ring church bells for nearly an hour at midnight and disturb everyone in the neighbourhood' is neither sensible nor appropriate. This is what happened on Wednesday night, add many residing.in the neighbourhood, who preferred toget a little rest so that they could the first dawn of the New Year fresh and be ready to enjoy the day’s rejoicings, were subjected to an annoying disturbance. In conclusion, Mr Editor, let bre, npt be misundertood,. I am a lover of S. Andrew’s old bells, and I delight with others to hear them calling, worshippers to prayer on a still evening or in the morning, but to have to listen to them for a whole hour at the dead of night is a little more than the most enthusiastic bell-ringer should expect.-—. I am, etc.,

“NEIGHBOURING RESIDENT.” Cambridge, .Tan. 2, 1931.