A GREAT DEMONSTRATION.
»- ;• THE BiBLE-IN-SCHOOI!s MEETING AT AUCKLAND. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Auckland, May 12. Some' Particularl- interesting and significant /features of the- 'Auckland Bible-in-Schools Demonstration' in . iho Town Hall last night are worth mentioning as supplementary of tho Press Association report. The ' meeting was preceded by a monster procession nearly half a mile long, containing 'threehands, twenty banners' being displayed. There woro many vehicles in tho procession. ■ i, '■■ ,• 5 ',:' i' ■ . , Tho speakers,' in addition to' Bishop 'Averill (who is the only one'mentio'ned in tho telegraphed summary), also com-, prised Mr.s.'Powlcy, Colonel of the Sal- J ration- Army, who declared there was no reason for the Government to be afraid of a referendum. The women of New Zealand should send a message"to Parliament, and they could not be ig-' nored. Women should..agitate, till, the Bible was restored to its rightful place in tho schools. , ■; ; v; .Tho Kev. C. H. Laws ;-gn'oted' ; 'tl)& Prime Minister as saying. ; lic"' was "e-p----p.iscd to anything introducing .sectarian bitterness; so, , said tho speaker, v.as every supporter of tho League. It was suggested by. Bishop,Averill that tho Leaguo liad fulfilled "tho condition laid down by the- lato Mi. Seddou, who would have given the referendum, if alive. "AVo arc going to fight to a finish.. .'Cabinet are tho servants of the State. If wo aro compelled to bring the matter on to the hustings tho Government is . responsible. The present position, is intolerable. Wo will not rest till wc- get\i\,mitioiial system' of education in accordance with tho national conscience'..'!--. '-. '.''> . The Eev. W. A. Keay, Congregational Minister, said that every member of congregation favoured 'tho League. The enthusiastic meeting was unanimously in favour resolution asking tho Government to grant tho rcfercn-, dum. Each speaker was cheered to'ilio' echo, the collection at the meeting was :
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2147, 13 May 1914, Page 8
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297A GREAT DEMONSTRATION. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2147, 13 May 1914, Page 8
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