SCHOOL BIBLE LESSONS.
■.. . ..•■.. :■ ', * , : " ■■ REMARKS BY HON. W. A. '' : • P HOLMAN. . (By Telegraph,—Sp°oi«l Correspondent;) , .. . '"Auckland, February'.l2. ', A. Holman, Premier of New , South Wales,, in the course of.an interview: with a "Herald"., representative, stated: Our system of education-, has fen overhauled time and again, but, in all these remodelling processes, the Bible- instruction system has stood untouched. If there is one : thing that everyone takes for granted in Now South' Wales, it is the Bib!c-in-State- ■ schools system. ■ •..--..' • -Asked by, Bishop Averill. to explain the system in vogue, Mr.' Holmnn eahled-Uio • Director of, Education in Sydney; who replied that -ministers of all denominations were permitted to Rive religious instruction' during school 'hpura for not more than one hour per day; that tjie teachers give , Bible lessons from the Old and New Testament readers as part of the regular curriculum, and that, except for Bomnn Catholic children, there-are practically no withdrawals under the conscience clause.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1983, 13 February 1914, Page 9
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151SCHOOL BIBLE LESSONS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1983, 13 February 1914, Page 9
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