APPROVAL AND DISSENT.
fltt TELEGBAPH — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] TIMARTf, 24th April. At tho Timaru Main School there was a record meeting. A long discussion took place on Bible lessons. A motion approving of the action of the late committee in making an agreement for such lessons was carried, and an amendment that legal advice bs taken as to whether the proposal was not an evasion of the Act was rejected, only a dozen voting for it. The Timaru South meeting discussed the proposed introduction of the Nelson system of Bible, lesson*. A motion of protest against the proposed system was moved, but only ten out of about- 80 voted for the- protest. AUCKLAND, 24th April. The question of religious instruction was raised an the City School meeting, but a motion affirming the desirableness of granting facilities to clergymen to give Scriptural instruction in the schools, outside of school hours, lapsed for want of a seconder.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 96, 25 April 1911, Page 3
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154APPROVAL AND DISSENT. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 96, 25 April 1911, Page 3
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