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ARCHBISHOP WILL NOT ATTEND j OPENING OF ANZAC ' ! MEMORIAL !
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liec. July 15, 1.5 a.m. SYDNEY, Thursday. A sensation has been caused by an ; announcement that the Roman Catholic Co-adjutor, the Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Reverend Michael. Sheehan, has declined an invitation i by the trustees to attend the cere-> mony of the laying of the f oundation ' stone of the Anzac memorial in Hyde' Park next Tuesday, on the grounds. that the ceremony is ohviously in-i tended only for Protestants, and secondly that the group of statuary, en- ■ titled "The Crucifixion of Civilisa-' tion" which forms part of the memor-i ial, is olfensive to Christian dignity. , A hurried meeting of the trustees has been convened and hopes are en-, tertained that the ob'jections may beovercome. :
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 275, 15 July 1932, Page 5
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