"THE GIRL FROM RECTOR'S."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 892, 11 August 1910, Page 5

"THE GIRL FROM RECTOR'S."

r ■:■■-./. v-,';:V ,: -;.r— '-- .;RESOLUTIONSBY MINISTEES.; .'"' ' ' At a' well-attended special meeting.of '.'■•' -the- Wellington Ministers' Association/ .-,. held yesterday, the Rev, J. KY Elliot pre-. /■ .'.Biding,'; the following; resolution was cai-. tied unanimously.—.'..,, '„. '~•■■ , "':■■■ ''"• "That ; this- meeting of the Ministers •■' .• Association-most cordially endorses, tho action taken-by the Revs. Di, <iibb ana -' 'J.'J. North in condemnation of the.play.'"The Girl from Rector's:'- It expresses its '■'.".: conviction that Mr. H. Ward has,failed to '.-' -refute :the charges made.as to. the char- .':-:'■ 'acter of the play." It further, expresses the earnest'hope, that-the newspapers of .'•',■.•'; the city wiH not fail to. plainly protest ■ -''against.' any : play which "holds •■ up , : to •'.*' ..'laughter.'the sanctity of the marriage tie •'. and the purity'of. woman, and it..hopes .■•" that thelaw'will be-:speedily alteredi to : secure ah efficient censorship of all public .■>•.'■-•:.■ performances." ,-.■-,"-■':■' ." '"-. ■-.' ; . ; ; '■"■!. '■■'■■■'■ K At : a-aieeting of Methodist ministers; of ■'•' "all the city ami:suburban churches, held ■''■':■'-'■ at' Petone on:-Tuesday,' a 'resolution was '. unanimously.passed stfongly: endorsing ■'.'.'■ the protest of the.Revs. .Dr. Gibb and, J. ■-''.' J.. North, :against'.. "The Girl/ from :; Rector's."-. The opinion was emphatically ...':.'; expressed that the' play had, been con- ■■'-■'' siderably toned ; down since its production in Auckland. '■: The posters exhibited ,on the -city'' hoardings- were referred to as '"■-■ being of a,highly objectionable character; The meeting was unanimously .ijrif the ■ opinion that' all the. efforts to "•white- '",..• '■ wash" ""The jGirl from : Rector's" had . :'.-'" signally, failed: '•■'.' •' :■"■'' '■'.'• "'.', ■' The following- resolution was passed '■'" at a special, .meeting' of the : .Tarahaki . Street Quarter.Board; .held last, evening: '', > "That'.'a" letter' of appreciation be sent .'to the' Rev; .Dr. Gibb and Rev. , J.. J.. . North : for their'; outspoken and fearless '. -.'■ oriticism of the play recently'.produced : bv the HiigK'JV Ward Company, in this .",' city, 'and. that ■■; this:- Circuit Quarter '. .Boar'di representing the Methodists ~of '." ; We-lington and; suburbs/'thoroughly endorse their'action." : ~: . ' ..