BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 5

BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS

THE REFERENDUM BILL, •(By Tslcirra'Blii^Prctv Wanganu!, Jul\ 1. A meolinjr of the Wangamii Htanch of the IS'inv Zealand Catlioltp I'mlow- ' tioit passed a. .resoluiion: "Tl;at-;this i meeting, xoprosoiiimK "nine liundrcd.arid seveiity-sighj members-. strongly pre- ' tests against,the action of t!i« Minisiw . of Education .in tabling, ft 15ili proposing to grant, a .plebiscite or referendum en the' question of. liibk-reftdinii or ■ tcafliini; ii; State schools. We wish to . print out. that ibis is (!) a ii'juiit'est. ; viz., members oi tin; Cat/holie Church, i who- will thereby ho cpinp.Oil.cd to .contribute to ' a. system ' of. religions instrnetion which is. .'opposed to their iaiih and c.oiiscienec; (2) it strives to -enforce Catholic teachers to assist, i.n a work that.wbuld violate their ■'. faith and ronsckuice, and 'as . a result- : would ofTeetiirill'v ..-lose die teaching ; profession to members of the, Catholio Church:" - f . ' HtnLE-IN-SCHOOLS LISKG f'E A* f lueetijiiT () f the workers of- the .15i b.lie-if rtc] i O'd Is' r jj'v : -ilVo :' Auckland West oleetor.ale. hold Mi Mo«. : tlu- St, Str'ph'ens' fell, . Ptihsofrbi':,. the few I^vrir-. joij-v,' idistnet ; PlTSHlejit. k the w«\r, it -was lesnfve.d . the motion of Mr. H. ,X. liagnall, ■; i.ormuV:] !.y % i?<n\ ,T, j] tlawkrs : " nrat smprcof.itTnn .1,0 expressed rif fe i if' 10 . 1 ' °/ (•ovennnent in imrodncina bo Heferrfulnm n;i! -n-sM ffir l.v H,« League; that tho "member !"'• tiie district he it'speetfnllv ; "lit strongly urged to support* liv w, . Vote. Urn wishes of so nian> ef hi:, c.r.ii- ; Stiincm..: who desii»• t.7:at (he ivlu-ln of. ; '.He people. whether opponents 11l- Rl:t). r« rt ers i of tho l.eag» f . s. props.-,!.i. flu,i| !, avr lh „ : of ,1 direct rote tiletn- , ™ at. the ballot'm at the next Gonftnl I'lectron. nncl tljr'* liiis mooting es- . presses Ufa Mjiinioij.thjti; liv t.Vk;nri. t ?Vf«, etAiraci enoronchi-Ai „r , gy t}«J political arena will t,„