MAYOR PERTURBED
LAX MORALS OF YOUNG PEOPLE Christchurch, Sept. 1 *‘l am deeply perturbed at certain moral and spiritual tendencies in our country, and 1 want to commend this move initiated in our city.” said the mayor of Christchurch, Mr. Andrews, when appealing for the support of citizens to the Movement for Moral Reform. “I am particularly perturbed about the shockingly lax morals of many of our young people,” continued Mr. Andrews “In my position I am made aware of gross immorality even among boy* and girls of school age, and I am gravely concerned for the future of our nation if this tendency is not curbed. I am not sug getting that Christchurch is worse or perhaps even as bad as other cities, bin the facts remain that these evils exiei and they must he drastically dealt with if we are to build up a virile and healthy nation. —P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 2 September 1942, Page 5
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