TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 211, 6 September 1871, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

[Per.Grevtlle's Companv, Reuter's Agents.]

P A R L.I AM EN- T ; 1E:I;';J

Mr." "Yogel, in reply to Mr. Ingles, denied that Mr. Macahdrew, in the"? late electionfor the Superintendence, or at any other election, had free use of the telegraphic wires, and Mr. . Macandrew corroborated this denial. . : ..--.<. . The | Motueka Election Committee- is further adjourned to Thursday, the.counsel being engaged in. the Supreme Court. In the Legislative Council, the Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill v was. thrown out on the third reading,' "by a" majority of one. The debate on the Education Bill was continued by Mr. Harrison who defended "aided school clauses, but condemned' the general machinery of the Bill, - especially as perpetuating provincial institutions, t ■ .'.;•■ Mr. M'G-illivray condemned- the aided school clauses, and the perpetuation, of provincial institutions. ..... _.. __ • Mr. Shephard (Waimea) pronounced the Nelson system to be perfectly satisfactory hut expressed his willingness to yield if for a Colonial Act. He entirely-con-curred' with the aided school clauses as solving the religious difficulty. Schools, he thought, were not the._propef places for imparting religious education, or for reading the bible, as the difficulties^ regarding the versions would disqualify Catholic teachers. The compulsory clauses were too arbitrary, and the maximum rate? excessive. The machinery of the Bill was #00; expensive. Personal property Bhould be rated. The Bible clause, he thought, ought to be expunged. " Mr. Hall approved of the ratings ;of personal property. He thought it was a necessary to use: provincial institutions while they , existed. In , the nameofj religious toleration he demanded state aid' to denominational schools up to a certain .standard. : -. -.'A.' ' A -yi: ■'■:.■:"."' Mr. Reynolds .spoke favorably of. the . Otago system. Mr. Haughton protested.; , against the State doing more than providing. «le_nei_>f tary .'instruction. He condemned the Otago system, and approved of' 'that 1 of Nelson so far as regarded aided schools. Mr.. Gisborne warmly defended the aided schools clauses, as affording a satisfactory, compromise in the religious difficulty. He should assert the principle ;of compulsory attendance even if it wis not enforced. -..'.'.'• Mr. Swanston thought the opposition to secular education came from the' Catholic clergy and not from the laity. l ' * ' \ : .. j The debate was then adjourned. , . ; >