ARCHBISHOP CRITICISED

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 453, 22 June 1937, Page 5

ARCHBISHOP CRITICISED

DENUNCIATION BY VICAR Sabre Rattling By Churchmen Press Association —Copyright. London, June 21. “Sabre-ratitling churchman” were denounced by the Rev. R. M. le Messurier, vicar of Holy Trinity Church, St. Pancras, in the course of an address to his congregation. He declared that it most centainly w‘if. not the Church’s business to bless guns, battleships and bombing planes Referring to the Archbishop of York, Dr. William Temple-, he said: “lit is horrible to see one of our own Archbishops bemoaning the fact that recruiting is not proceeding fast enough. Modern': tatoos, with their sen;'-mental singing of “Abide With Me,” show a prostitution of those finer feelings which could be used in the service of peace.” The vicar also attacked Nazi Germany, remarking that if the State said “Thou shalit commit adultery in order to have plenty Gf men for the army” the issue of Christians would Purely be plain. “Yet this is being done in Germany to-day, where a woman with an illegitimate baby is allowed to Hake the honourable title of ‘Mrs.’ ” THE SHORTEST DAY. Those Stratford people who dream of long, sunny days ahead will be pleased when today has passed, for it will be the shortest day in the year for those living in the Southern Hemisphere. To-day the sun is calculated to shine for exactly 9 hours 13 minutes, rising at 7.16 a.m. and setting at 4.29 p.m. Though the length of the days will gradually increase after today, no increase will be apparent for some time, the increase by July 6 amounting to only five minutes. After the sun has passed the equinox, however, the increase will be eight times as fast, as th sun draws nearer to New' Zealand on it southward path. At S o’clock this morning the sun will he at its farthest northward point,