CHURCH RAFFLES.

Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1929, Page 7

CHURCH RAFFLES.

“It is frequently said that such competitions and raff.es are really harmless since ‘No one really cares whether lie wins or not. It is only a way of really believes this nonsense let him really believes this nonsence let him try an experiment that I tried some years ago. I had promised to open a bazaar on conditions that there was no raffling. But a man had presented a doll’s house, which lie had made himself and which certainly could not have been bought from a shop for under £l2, on condition that it did not go for less that £o‘. No one could pay that sum, so I was asked to waive my objection and to allow it to he raffled for forty half-crown tickets. 1 • was assured that 110 one really carai whether they won on not. I replied, ‘Then let forty people subscribe half-a crown each and we will give the doll’s house to the children’s ward of the County Hospital. I will he the first to give half-a-crown.’ 1 forget whether they got other five gifts of half-a-crown of live counting mine. I know they could not get any more. All this talk about on one caring whether they win or not is sheer rubbish.”—Canon Peter Green, in the “Church of England neswpaper.”