■,--, When the -Preston unemployed recently 'attended service, at,the Parish' Church,,the Rev. J. J; Philliphs, M.A., curate, of St; Peter's,, the presidingclergyman made no.referenceito. the-unemployed problem, and the unemployed leaders' subsequently charged him with .lack of .sympathy.'. l /rhe rev.- gentleman, however, subsequeutiy.'displayed his.interest in a prac-| tical maimer. .'Stationing himself outsideHhe" :stand: entrance' at Deepdale with a barrel organ, lie. turned,the handle with the skill ,of a professional, grinder,' arid played the latest popular songs. ■ The 'unusial sight of a clergy-'- ■ ; man in full clericalgarb playing a barrelorgan attracted considerable attention, 1 and a goodly sum.i.was'.c'olleoted'fbr the Mayor's '.Unemployed Fund. "-, .'. ;•'.'■ '.;.■'*..'•:. '■. '-V'-i"
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 436, 19 February 1909, Page 8
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101Untitled Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 436, 19 February 1909, Page 8
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