CATHOLIC FEDERATION

New Zealand Tablet, 4 November 1915, Page 27

CATHOLIC FEDERATION

DOMINION EXECUTIVE. (From our Wellington correspondent.) The Dominion Executive of the Catholic Federation met last Wednesday evening at St. Patrick’s Hall, when the subject of providing an adequate censorship of kinematograph films was further considered. In accordance with a resolution passed at the annual meeting of the Dominion Council earlier in the year, letters have been forwarded to each city and borough council, education board, educational institute, and a number of other bodies engaged in social work, inviting them to send a letter to the Minister for Internal Affairs requesting the establishment of an adequate censorship, and also inviting them to send delegates to a conference under the auspices of the Federation to discuss ; the matter in detail. . The response to the circular has been so satisfactory that the executive decided' to convene the conference for Wednesday, December 1, at Welling-

ton, and it is anticipated that most of the bodies concerned will be represented either, personally or by proxy. . The question of building a hall at Tauherenikau was considered, and it was decided to approach the hierarchy to ascertain whether assistance could be given this object by a Sunday collection in all parishes. A hall is absolutely necessary, but the Federation has no funds for this purpose. With regard to the remit of the Wellington Diocesan - Council in connection with historical readers, most of which presented a' distorted view of the Church, it was decided to approach the publishers of the book, known as th Abbey Reader (which has been approved by his. Eminence Cardinal Gasquet), for specimen copies with the object of bringing it under the notice of the Government.