The London Education Bill.
Aa a protest against the London Education Bill, hundreds of Nonconformists, including the congregations of churches led by the ministers members of trades unions, and benevolent societies, held a procession through the city. They met on the Victoria Embankment, and marched to Hyde Park, singing 'hymns, with banners flying and bands playing. The brilliant weather attracted a hundred thousand people to the Park, where a great demonstration Was held. ; Twelve platforms Were erected, from which Dr Clifford, president of the Metropolitan Free Churches’ Council, and other ministers, Mr Lloyd-Qeorge, M.P. for Carnarvon, and other members of the House, made speeches denouncing the Bill It was urged that the Bill, if passed, would lead to the destruction of the School Board by the overweighing County Council. The speakers claimed that it was necessary that the schools should be controlled by a directly-elected body. The Government had previously announced that in consequence of last Wednesday’s debate in the House of Commons, the Borough Councils’ functions would be confirmed to local management, their proposed representation on the Central Committee being abandoned.
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Manawatu Herald, 28 May 1903, Page 2
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182The London Education Bill. Manawatu Herald, 28 May 1903, Page 2
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