PROBLEMS FOR CHURCH

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 36, 26 February 1937, Page 13

PROBLEMS FOR CHURCH

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Methodist Conference Issues Advice

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- AUCKLAND, Last Night. fiocial problems were discussed at. the annual conference of the Methodist Church of New Zealand to-day, gambliug, the liquor traffic, divorce and; birth control being among the subjeqts Which appeared OU the ageuda. A report ea marriage, divorce and' birth control prepared by a speqial committee, was discussed in committee by the conference, thq diseussiou being adjourned. ,MWe counsel members of qur Church to abstain from participation in any form qf gambling, including art unions, and to do all in their power to lessen its sway in the community," stated a remit forwarded by the North Canterbury Synod. Anether xemif deplored the practice of allowing school children to aell tiekets in raffles aud iu a motion which was subsequently passed, the assistance of the education autboritie* yms sought jin discounaging thq practleq. The hope that the Government would jnot alford auy opportunitie^ for advqrjtisiug intoxicating liquora eichar by commercial radio stations or by hoardi|ng8 qn railway stations and alqqg Tailway xoutes was expressed ip auother .mction. A warning was issued to ministors and youth leaders against the provifion of liquor at sociql gatherings.