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New Zealand Tablet, 21 August 1913, Page 34

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The Benediction Ceremonial - We draw the attention of our clerical readers to the translation of the . Benediction ceremonial given in the liitus Servandus recently issued by Burns and Oates, which appears elsewhere ,in this issue. The : translation has been specially made for the; A .Z, • Tablet. ; r - - ■ - ■ - r ‘ f— ——: The * Menace V ' A Wellington correspondent sends us a copy of what, with cutting sarcasm, he describes as ‘ that truthful and peaceful paper, the Menace.’ It was given to him by a VVellington citizen— Protestantholding an important public position. * This gentleman was so disgusted with the paper,’ writes our correspondent, ‘ that he wrote - to* the Postmaster-General, asking if it could not be prevented coming through the post as indecent literature.’ All honor to our Protestant friend.. Thank Heaven, New Zealand citizens, however Protestant they may be, have.no stomach for filth of the Menace kind - " . •’ Still Running League apologists up north are still devoting themselves to the healthy but not very heroic exercise of running away. Early in the present month the Rev, Isaac Jolly, M.A., one of the ablest of the League champions, was announced to ‘reply to Rev. Dr. Cleary’ at Paeroa; and as soon as Bishop Cleary was mad© aware of the fact he addressed a personal and pointed offer to Mr. Jolly, expressing his willingness to submit himself to.relevant questioning by Mr. Jolly for one hour on the subject of his (Bishop Cleary’s) attitude towards the Bible-in-schools proposals, and asking that he should be allowed to question Mr. Jolly for a like period, with the usual provisions regarding a timelimit for each answer and the right of each questioner to rise to a point of order. As an alternative, Bishop Cleary offered to meet Mr. Jolly or any other League leader in public debate on the subject of the League's scheme and further generously undertook, if either proposal was accepted, to pay full hire of hall or theatre, at Paeroa or elsewhere, together with the fare of any League leader from Wellington, or elsewhere. As usual, both offers' were emphatically declined. Similar offers have been sent to the League branches at Tauranga and Rotorua; and have been published in the local papers with excellent effects.