COURT OF APPEAL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9120, 13 April 1908, Page 5

COURT OF APPEAL.

RELIGIOUS TEACHING IN SCHOOL HOURS. Per Press Association. Wellington, April 13. In the Court of Appeal Mr Skerrett, K. 0., for the respondents, contended that the argument for appellants carried to its logical conclusion would reduce the position of Education Boards to an extent never contemplated by the Act. The whole scheme of the Act was that the Board should be the dominant power and where powers were given to committees they were either minor powers or special powers to be exercised subject to the sanction of the Board. As to Section 124 words “as herein provided” referred only to the powers of inspectors, not to the powers of the Board. If committees had power to fix school hours without control of the Board there would be a want of uniformity in school hours in various |school § districts under the control of the Board. Section 137 of the Act showed that the Board was intended to have ‘control of school hours. Mr Hutton also addressed the Court on behalf of respondents and Mr Myers began his reply.