SUNDAY PARADES
OF HOME GUARD UNITS COMPULSION OBJECTED TO. ATTITUDE OF PRESBYTERY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 12. Compulsory attendance at Home Guard parades on Sundays was deplored by members of the Christchurch Presbytery at a meeting today. Members complained that church workers were unable to carry out their Christian duties because of the parades and that parades were seriously interfering with Christian work in the community. The Rev. L. M. Rogers said Sunday parades in other services such as the Air Training Corps were also likely to become compulsory and such a step would smash bible class work and undermine Christian work as a whole. The Presbytery decided to refer the matter to the public questions committee. Mr A. J. McEldowney opposed the resolution, saying there was no more evil in attending Sunday parades than in taking part in operations overseas on Sundays.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 August 1942, Page 3
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144SUNDAY PARADES Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 August 1942, Page 3
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