SAVING CATHEDRALS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 160, 11 July 1935, Page 3

SAVING CATHEDRALS

- , BRITISH YOUTH MOVEMENT. [ Bands of young men and women are uniting in all parts of Britain in an effort to save the obi cathedrals. They call themselves “Friends of the Cathedrals,” and but for thpir efforts several of the ino.-t. historic buildings in the country might be in ruins. “York Minster, by our assistance. I has been ab'e to restore many of the! old stained-glass windows, and steps arc being taken for the preservation of the chapel,” a subscriber to the Friends of York Minster told an interviewer. “Canterbury, in 1928, s aw the be ginning of the movement. Now other cathedrals are following their example. We collect funds by cash subscriptions and various enterprises.’’ Many cathedrals, however, have had to suspend renovation work because of lack of funds. “Chichester and Sali.--I bury Cathedrals are in dire straits,” I Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canter bury, stated. “Chichester applied to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for a special grant, but there is so much to be done and the work has been left so long that the small amount of [ money they have received will be of little assistance. At Canterbury the cost of repairs to the cathedra] mounts yearly, while the income, which is mainly from tithe.-, dwindles. Not only have the dean and canons’ stipends been affected but it. is now only possible to maintain a mere fraction of the choir necessary to the largest and most important British cathedral. Canon Alexander, of St. Paul’s Cathedral, confirmed 1) •. Johnson's,’ statements. ‘‘Alost in need,” he. stated, “are those which -till retain their agricultural estates. Many have given these up to the .Ecclesiastical | payments. ’' I The “independent” cathedrals av ] Canterbury. Winchester, Ely, G cures [ lor, Rochester. Salisbury and York. ' who elected to keep their estaterather than accept an annual grant from the Erelc.-iast i-al I 'om mi ■ -’oner.- — ( Lemon Crop. A ri’in.'i i k.-i om crop of lemons ol a | -oft skin variety has been grown this ( rear by Mr. T, R. King, tlkaiavva. One | tree about. 3ft. 6in. in height is bearing a crop of -everal hundred, and on small limbs there are up to 40 lemons, while the t "Cc is also heavily in flower. This particular tree has been bearing all the year round for the past four or five years, anl except tor protection from frosts, has been given no special at tention.