PRISONERS’ PROTEST
TO THEFT FROAI CHURCH
(By Telegraph- -Per Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, April 14
At the instance of Rev. Jasper Calder, prisoners at the Church of England service at Alt. Eden gaol on Sunday passed a resolution protesting against the theft from St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral at Dunedin last week, when two chalices, six bottles of wine and other articles were stolen.
“Now boys, I have a brain wave,” said Calder. “You and I between us, might get the sacred vessels back. Suppose we send a resolution of protest to Dunedin papers showing that 3-50 prisoners thought this theft was not cricket, ‘considering what the Church has done and is doing. It b rather like biting a hand flint feeds you. Don’t you agee. It was resolved that this congregation of prisoners heartily protest® aganist the theft- of sacred ' vessels from the House of God and urges the thief to restore the chalices immediately.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1930, Page 5
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154PRISONERS’ PROTEST Hokitika Guardian, 14 April 1930, Page 5
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