CHURCH REPRESENTATION

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 39, 13 April 1928, Page 4

CHURCH REPRESENTATION

ONY MEMBER IWACH. At a recent meeting of the Auckland Presbytery, the question of broadcasting religious services was discussed, and it was decided to appoint the Rev. W. D. Morrison-Sutherland as the Presbyterian representative on the Church Committee. At the same time, keen regret was expressed that the larger churches were not to have a more proportinate representation. | Adverting to the matter, according to an interview in the Christchurch "Star," the general manager (Mr. Tiarris) said that he was glad to learn that the Presbyterians had decided to join up with one representative. The Broadcasting Company felt that the respective claims of the various denominations could be better gauged and mutually settled by the committee being equally representative of the more prominent denominations. If the company took upon itself to define representation on the cominittee according to tlie numerical strength of the various denominations or on any other basis the object of tlie committee would be defeated. It is proposed that the Advisory Committee will recommend the rotation of the, various denominations according to circumstances, and each denomination will decide its particular church to he broadcast on the date set aside for that denomination. A local committee of the character proposed could also deal according to local conditions with any rearrangement of dates between denominations, or substitution of one church for another of any particular denomination, to allow for the broadcasting of special or anniversary services.