THE EDUCATION BILL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 6 December 1906, Page 3

THE EDUCATION BILL.

LANSDOWSE'S WRECKING ! AMENDMENT. Los wis, December 4. X,ord Lansdowne's amendment to the Education Dill incensed, the Marquis of Bipon (Lord Privy Seal), who, temping the books before him, declared that it was wholly impossible for the Government to accede to an amendment striking at the very heart of the Bill The Earl of Crewe (Lord President of the Council) promised to consider the possibility of dealing with an\ hardship likely to arise under Clsuse 4. PREMIER FAVOURS NONCONrORMIST VIEWS. PRESS COMMENT ON THE SITUATION. Received sth, 9.30 P-™-London, December 5. Sir H. Campbell-Banneiman, in a letter in reply to the memorial from Nonconformist Commoners, states be is unable to foresee the purport of "he Lords' amendments to the Education BiL, but the Government would take tho most likely course to ensure the pacing of the BUI in accoidance with their object. The newspapers compare Mr Lloyd-George's Oxford declaration, that the Government does not intend to dissolve over the Education Bill with Campbell-Bannerman's state ment contemplating the passing of the Bill. The Times considers a setfkmtnt doubtful, because the Premier langes himself on the side of the Nonconformist Commoners. Nevertheless, despite the denunciation of the Lords' the debate more and more shows that the drafting and machinery of the original Bill were utterly ineffective.