LONDON CHURCHES’ SALE
BILL BEFORE THE COMMONS
SUNDAY POPULATION LESS
REJECTION OF THE MOTION
By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received Nov. 26, 7.55 p.m. London, Nov. 26.
Tn the House of Commons, Lord Hugh Cecil, in moving that the House should direct that the Union of Benefices and Disposal of Churches Bill be presented for Royal assent, explained that the measure authorised the sale of the sites of certain London churches. Owing to the Ibss of Sunday population there were now forty-seven parishes for 12,000 resident inhabitants. Nothing would be done without careful inquiry, but if the parishes in the city were reduced in number, funds could be assigned to other churches in the diocese of London. The Bill would place a difficult matter in the hands of a commission which was in full touch with moderate and rational public opinion. Sir T. Bowater, a former Lord Mayor of London, moved the rejection of the Bill, urging that the object of the measure was to pull down the great ancient churches in the city to get money to spend elsewhere. Lord Hugh Cqcil’s motion was rejected by 124 votes to 27.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 November 1926, Page 13
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