TOUR OF CATHOLIC BISHOP.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1922, Page 5

TOUR OF CATHOLIC BISHOP.

IMPRESSIONS FROM LONDON. NEW ZEALAND PUBLICITY. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Oct. 20. Bishop Brodie was welcomed iback after ten months’ absence overseas at a gathering of 2000 people in the Catholic Cathedral last night. After service addresses of welcome were tendered in the Cathedral grounds. Bishop Brodie, replying, said the Pape expressed amazement at the fact that Catholics of Christchurch in the last five years spent £lOO,OOO in education. Bishop Brodie said he believed no part of the world was doing more proportionately than the Christchurch diocese educationally. A tribute to the efficient conduct of the High Commissioner’s Office, is paid by Bishop Brodie, who speaks of the alertness and courtesy of the staff, and the desire to make the New Zealander feel at home in London. The exhibit of Dominion apples, in the opinion of a Tasmanian visitor, far surpassed the display of any other Dominion. The display of rugs also was of the highest order. The complete file of New Zealand journals was also most pleasing. Bishop Brodie urges the adoption of ft definite town planning scheme, benefiting by the experience of older countries, where terrifying conditions in large centres with a large population constitute a' menace to health and moral well-being. Town-planning deserved the closest study of New Zealand legislators, journalists, and religious teachers.