PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY
THE GAMBLING ,EVIL. By Tel©srnr>li ■■ "-•■ss *«<wtallon Auckland, November 18. At tho Presbyterian Assembly it was resolved that tlie Assembly deplore that horse racing should absorb so much of tho country's attention in so serious a crisis in the Empire's affairs; it regretted that the authorities in Parliament and out of it so far from discouraging it were, in the opinion of the Presbytery, seemingly encouraging it, and every forin of gambling, especially Tafflinw, by legislation and by support of their presence at race meetings. The Rev. R, Inglis strongly condemned gambling, which he said was associated with the Auckland Patriotic Carnival., i The Presbyterian- Assembly to-day passed a resolution with great enthusiexpressing loyalty to the King and stating that it was more firmly than ever persuaded that the cause of Britain and her Allies was tho cause of righteousness, freedom, and the Kingdom of God, and deprecating all thought of tho cessation of hostilities till the evil power of German militarism has been utterly broken, and the rights of nations despoiled by the invader fully restored.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2623, 19 November 1915, Page 2
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179PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2623, 19 November 1915, Page 2
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