BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
(Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, last nigM. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Bihle in Schools Association it was resolved that the following question be asked of ail candidates for Parliament ;—(1) Will you support a measure prescribing that the instruction in State schools begin daily with die recitation of the Lord’s Prayer, and that simple lessons on •selected portions of the Bible be given by teachers, subject to a conscience clause for both teachers and scholars jj Or failing this (2) Will you support a referendum to the electors, asking their opinion witii regard to a measure of this character ? 'Hie Coinraitle? decided that in view of the near approach of the election, that ii; was not practicable for the Association to arrange for a plebiscite in the Auckland province at present.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 547, 17 October 1902, Page 2
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