RESOLUTIONS BY LOCAL CHURCHES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 12942, 6 December 1909, Page 2

RESOLUTIONS BY LOCAL CHURCHES.

The al>ovc question was the subject of unanimously carried resolutions at the lucul chinches yesterday, as iollowo. — ST. PAULS. "That this congregation express its surprise that the new Defence Bill submitted to the House of Representatives .uutaius no provision for the abolition o. . .<. canteen. It views a.s quite inadequate die suggested provision tliat persons unr '11 years ot age shall not be allowed La enter canteens, and urges that the oAy satisfactory settlement of the question in the judgment of the majority 01 -o electors ot the Dominion will be the auolition of the system. It prote&t- . f . ungly against the continuance of the 1 alom, proved to be not oaly unnecessary , I pernicious in the extreme, especially ■, view ot the tact that the youth of th« Dominion are to be compelled to enter amp every year, and it calls upon the Premier and the Minister of Defence'"" aud the members of the Hou6e to amend the Bill in this particular at once." BAPTIST CHURCH. "That this congregation learns withsurprisu and regret that theie is no provision i tue new .Defence Bill now before Parliament for the discontinuance of the demoralising system of military canteen 6. ■eeuig tinit it icj proposed that the youth •)f the Dominion shall be trained to arms, and to mat end go into camp annually, this congregation most earnestly and emphatically protests against facilities being provided for injuring the health and lowering the moral tone of our young men by inuring them to the demoralising drinking customs of the past." CHURCH OF CHRIST. "That this congregation learns with alarm that the Defence Bill now before Parliament allows for the continuance of the pernicious system of canteen* at military encampments in the Dominion. In view of the proposal to compel the youth of our Dominion to enter camp every year, this congregation most emphatically protests against ' any facilities being provided whereby the health and morals of our youth will be endangered, and it calls t upon the Premier and Defence Minister and every member of the House to amend ' the Bill in this particular." 1 PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH. "That this congregation of the Wanganui Primitive Methodist Church most emphatically protests against the propos- I ed provision for canteens in military en- | campmente* now before the House of Re- j presentatives, feeling assured that the j young men of New Zealand are sufficiently i patriotic to be wilfing to be trained for j the defence of their country without the | degrading and unnecessary inducement intoxicating liquors in. their camps. TRINITY WESLEY AN CHURCH. 'That in the opinion of this congregation any Bill providing for the military training of the young men of this Dominion will be unsatisfactory unless provision is made for the entire abolition of the canteen for the supply of intoxicating liquors in connection with all military gatherings. It therefore urges the Premier and the Minister of Defence and the members of the House to amend th* Defence Bill now before Parliament in this direction "