BRITISH POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 57, 26 February 1908, Page 2

BRITISH POLITICS.

XI Hi EDUCATION IjcTiSXION. lllii NEW JJILL I.Vi'KODUCED. Beceiveil Feb. 2.3. 10.38 p.m. London, Kebiuary 25. fiie ttiglil Hon. t!. MrKenna, l'R-i----dent of the, Board of F.dueation, appealing for sympathy and the abandonment of partisanship, introduced a Bid giving Slate aid exclusively to the Council type of schools having U'iu-Ikts appointed without religious tests; and ;iu State aid to voluntary schools in singleschool areas and with non-compulsory attendance. Parents objecting to these may choose their local authority. The Exchequer, Mr. .UcKeuna explained, would grant 47s per child in voluntaiy and Council schools for some standard of secular instruction. In- the event of the trustees being unable, to continue, they must transfer the school to th.: I local authority, which would facilitate denominational instruction outside the , school hours.

■ill'. Balfour, ex-Prvmir]', derided tin' idea that ilit' Bill would bring pence. Tt inflicted injustice on parents in country areas, ami grossly ill-treated managers. and ih regards the towns, the l!i!l destroyed llie great work eoi'ink'iiced in 1!HK).

The ltiglit lion. 11. Asipiit.li, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that (here was no other solution possible.

The Nonconformist Commoners accorded the Education Hill a somewhat lukewarm reception. Mr. l'erks suggestin;; the reconsideration of the urban clause. The "Nationalists strenuously advocated the non-committal of the measure.