EDUCATION BILL
BISHOPS’ PROTEST.
WARNING OF THE TIMES.
By Velagraph, Presa'Atn’n,. Copyright London, April 11.
Dr. Oasarielii, Roman Oathol'o Bishop of Salford, Manchester, deolares that Mr Birrell’s Education Bill is without a redeeming faatnre. It compels Catholics to support a system wbioh they are unablo to use and of which they do not approve. It means, praotioally, the confiscation of Roman Catholic sohools.
Received 10.42 p.m., April 12.
LandoD, April 12.
Thirty-two of the bishops of England and Wales, assembled at Lambeth Palace, resolved that the Education Bill as it Stands mast unhesitatingly be opposed. The Times states that Mr VV. Runoiman,. MP. for Dewsbury, speaking at Newcastle, warned the Arcbbiehop of Canterbury that if he attempted to use the House of Lords as in 1902, with the hope of wrecking the wishes of the House of Commons, it would make the disestablishment of the Church of England inevitable and shake the House of Lords to its oundationa,
" BRUTAL ACT OF CONFISCATION.”
B* telegraph, Pnn Atw’n, Copyright
Reoeived 10.30 a m , April 13. London, April 12.
Bishop Btindle, Catholic Bishop ot Nottingham, states that the Education Bill is a brutal aot of oonfisoatiQD. Received 12.5 a.m., April 14.
London, April 13
The Primrose League is agitating the question of education throughout the country, protesting against the endowment of one kind of religions teaching by means of fands to which citizens of all religions are compelled to contribute. The Canadian system of allowing ratepayers to allot the rate to a particular type of school is growingly in favor amongst opponenls of tbo Bill,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1724, 14 April 1906, Page 3
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262EDUCATION BILL Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1724, 14 April 1906, Page 3
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