The Controversial Prophet Of Christchurch Flees New Zealand – May 1899

As thousands of Cantabs swarmed about on Lichfield Street in the dimness of the early evening, their target was a parked cab that had been summoned to whisk preacher Arthur Bentley Worthington away to safety.  As the cab was unable to move, Magistrate Richard Beetham climbed onto its roof and for the first – and …