NUDE STATUE RESENTED
" DISGUSTING AND DEGENERATE" CHURCH COUNCIL'S “ INOFFENSIVE SUAVITY ” [Per United Press Association.] CARTERTON, October 7. The Rev. W. J. Elliott, of Auckland, an ex-president of the New Zealand Methodist Conference, now visiting Carterton, on having his attention drawn to the Auckland Council of Christian Congregations andl its statement regarding the nude statue, said: “ I think the statue is a disgusting sight and aiSlegenerate travesty upon (Grecian athletic art. It is pitiable to see the attitude of inoffensive, suavity assumed towards it by the Council of Christian Congregations. Surely the church is in a tepid mood) and is drawing the silken cord pf a false peace over every great conviction and) duty.”
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Evening Star, Issue 22463, 7 October 1936, Page 10
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113NUDE STATUE RESENTED Evening Star, Issue 22463, 7 October 1936, Page 10
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