A BISHOP’S EXPERIENCE.
'"he Bishop of Birmingham had an exciting experience at a meeting hell 'ii tlie Midland Institute in that city io hear an adiress on gambling uiil betting. When he rose to speak he was greeted with cries of “Liar I”
An athletic curate sprang from his seat and cried in tones of menace: “My lord, say the word, and tliov shall be out in a moment.” Bishop Gore retained his impetuosity with a motion of his hand, and proceeded to affirm that betting was the exact opposite of the spirit of industry. A man in the audience spluttered out “Liar!” to the Bishop, aiid cried: “You’ve never had a bet in your life. I like your cheek and impudence standing there and talking like that.”
Eventually so riotous did one or two of the interrupters become that the police were called in, and two men wore ejected.
Air. •Marshall, secretary of the National Sporting League, was allowed to speak. lie declared that they objected to an attempt to accomplish by legal compulsion what could not be accomplished by moral suasion. Tlie Bishop remarked at the close that it had been an extremely encoinaging meeting. People did not attempt to break up meetings unless they felt that there was “something up ’ which would do them mischief.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1971, 5 January 1907, Page 4
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