OPENING WITH PRAYER.
WELLINGTON AREA SCHOOLS
Per Press Association
WELLINGTON, Sept. IS. Though in the opinion of the chairman the motion had the effect of making the board usurp the function of Parliament, the Wellington Education Board to-day, by eleven votes to three, resolved that in future all schools in the board’s district should be opened each morning with the Lord’s Prayer, subject to the approval of the school committees and head teachers concerned.
The board deferred to the next meeting consideration of representations by various bodies on its decision to refuse the Navy League permission to enter schools daring school hours A deputation from the R.S.A. urged that the motion bo rescinded.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 8
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113OPENING WITH PRAYER. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 8
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