DR. CROSSLEY ON THE "SOAP BOX"

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 197, 9 January 1913, Page 7

DR. CROSSLEY ON THE "SOAP BOX"

—■- •*» ■- I .■/■: HEAiRTILY/ .APPLAUDED, j .'■ •' '■''■'' *'•'' ''■' ";•■ ; G.; . 1 ;;W. <t. •Moiiokton "vicar Af ,TKkapvina, "IvVe an'/interestiiig address iiii thc' ;: opL% airftt tin'', foot of the. Queriii strat' wtiarf 'yesterday' in eoimectiqii Vitlrjtftic' adult''siJhbol movement'. .There Was.a iilvgft crowd' 1 of working-men prps'p,nt, Vhd Vl'i'stefled ; to the speaker witih attention!' 1 }■''" ■'-'■■■' •"•' : ; .'", A l t''t i lie''('dti , cliiisTon' l of : his address, MV. Atohckton 1 ;invited;'questions from his '^aVi'dioittid' ,ytul 1 ' tlirt'c was tit) lack in tlie ' iiiiirilj'ei;',' b*f VeVtg'io'rM" and social prop- ' Icm's''\\'f\icli'.' : \V6n'-:' propounded. ■ ' ; AraCrtigllieaiulieiioe was : the Anglica'n .TJjsliqjp (if Atieklaiid (l)r. Crossley), and, bdfore trUr meeting dispersed, he was •invited to 'say' a'few words. Dr. ('rr/sslc.f' a't'om-e mounted the

"soup hearty applause, lfe address was short, simple and direct. Oripp&fcjaWe MtVlft'ftU of his heareis from tiie outset he told several goddio. illustrate his points. Ijfe i «t;aL"e(r'{ti:ii. a it^wi've ; hihi real pleasure to 'c<iiiic.'iTni.oii,jist';tlH''ii l . as one of them.KelTcs":. '.•'lie "was" as much a worker as they were, Uiotigh he ( l''l no *" ;, ' wa , va , ha,™ an eight-hour day. .'."Tlieii you're a sweated bishop!" in, tcnpcled one of his audience, and the. .'ijHH'ilj,' amidst ! laughter, admitted the; 'charge. lie went on to say that he wanted to help the working men of)

Auckland, ami to be of service in every way he could, and lie hoped that no one. would hesitate to come to him at any. time if he could he of any use. He a])-; pculcd to them not to lose kith in their fellow-men. for he .believed that every man had some good in him, and they 'should all resolve to do their best for ;tlu> true betterment of their city. The

"bishop was warnoy applauded, and the. conductor of the meeting expressed the iiope that Dr. Crossley would come again on some future occasion and give another open-air address.