WHERE UNBELIEF DISAPPEARS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 28, 28 November 1944, Page 4

WHERE UNBELIEF DISAPPEARS

"DETERMINED foes deny, defy and would defile the very conceptions and aspirations which to us, nurtured in liberty, make life precious and sacred. The way to victory may be long and difficult, and a rebirth of religious consciousness will give to us as a nation a firmer confidence in the righteousness of our cause. There are no atheists in the foxholes that screen our troops from an enemy determinedly bent on snuffing out their existence, or among our parachuters who drift down behind the. enemy's defences to chance their lives as they disrupt his communications. There is no religious scoffing among those who make up the hardy advance guard that lands on the enemy's beaches and fans out under a rain of deadly missiles to protect the lives of those that follow them. These men are so close to the realities of life and death that, when they whisper a prayer it cannot but build up their confidence and courage."—Eric A. Johnston, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

Breaking and Entering With regard to an article appearing in this issue dealing with persons breaking and entering the Winter Show we have since been informed that, in the one, case where the names of six boys were reported to the all were brought before the Children's Court on August 8 last and were placed under the care of the, Child Welfare Department 4 The six have, since been removed from this town.

The Black Cap Many people, had an erroneous impression regarding the use, by Supreme Court, judges of the black cap, stated Mr H. P. Lawry ? S.M ) in an address to the Manawatu branch of the Justices' Association. The cap was not worn only when a judge was pronouncing the sentence of death, he said. It was not an emblem of. the sentence. It was part of the judicial full dress, and was worn by the judges on special State, occasions;