SPENDING MILLIONS

Waipa Post, Volume 41, Issue 3186, 9 August 1930, Page 5

SPENDING MILLIONS

MONEY FOR PLEASURE. - v .. v - >- :■■ A striking comparison -betweenthe amount of money-"spent.-;pn amusement in New .Zealand as against.-that given to mission fieldsBishop Williams, "of,, Waiaptv.jdio c ?^i| last of a sermon .delivered at 'the amiuatP provincial- thanksgiving- and interces-' sion service held in- St. ProCathedral, ;Wellington;" ,",: v- • "Before the end 'ofi this'.week," said the bishop,•" 'tthisre* will 'be about £50,000 taken in "'gate money at the football match' withV-the' touring British teaan; and I suppose that"£so,oQov does not represent by"any mahiigr :o£nieans the money paid for the ticketsfv and. there will be tram fares and '<jal\' fares. At a very moderate estimafe. the amount that will be spent will be five times the amount I quarter of a million pounds. ' ~- "But that is only one thing," he continued. " What. do you spend {in \ golf, lawn tennis, horse-racing:, :■ to- 1 bacco, and pictures, tVUt -thegreat number of ways ih^Mch-wecan,; so easily spend our money ? Do you know that you are spending'about a? million and a half in tobacco four millions on pictures,- fourmillons? on 'motor "cars,- and two and a -half millions for their Upkeep .ahd;i§K||uel': alone ? Assuming that:cars are used."for business puipposes,-; we have left twelve and ai-half million,: pounds' spent for amus'ement r aad : ius; : -'. : ;' ury. " The proportion of Church land people in New 48 per cent, so that we approximately five millions c. year. "If we are going to be true, dit'cip-ei «, Christ we: must take up deny ourselves and ~;WM' must be prepared foi\ -some ;^se : :£-dei ' nial. • If we will deny ourselves to the" extent of under these should haye^sO,6oO?:-rtp-\give"?to '; the. missions." We-are forced at the present time to give bdt : .;Until;; you■ people of ;;the. "church.:encourage: the Board' of '. its duty in this matter:'#e •\^ll; : 3nake:'-*a-.very poor showing in - bu^^diiectionv' "'>' Go ye into all the;woidd and"."preach the gospel to every creature,' "-'■-- - "