BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
THE VICTORIAN REFERENDUM ADVERSE CRITICISM. MELBOURNE, June IV, Spoaking 0 u tlio Scripture referendum, Dr. Eitchett said that nit hough tho voles iu the referendum were counted, the, result had to he interpreted. He protested against the Hon. T. Bent's (Premier) contention that the aiiKWer to tho first quesiiou is decisive on the whole cubed. If that was so lie wanted to (now why throe questions were aek■d. If they were irrelevant then th« whole ruferendum was a trap. Mr Bent, replying, says ho und* it lour before the election that lit would regard tho decision on (lit !rst qustion ns vitnl. He had faretilly used the words "nt present" lo indicate the value of the term "kccii'.ar education." The lib.hop of llendigo regards the cfcrahdum as a piece, of. political trickery.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 141, 18 June 1904, Page 2
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135BIBLE IN SCHOOLS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 141, 18 June 1904, Page 2
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