BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 98, 14 April 1908, Page 2

BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS.

ITIE WANGANUI APPEAL CASE. Per Press Association. Wellington, April la. In the Court of Appeal, in the case brought by the Wanganui School Committee against the Education Board reEM" reading in schools, Mr. , hk «rret, K.(J., counsel for respondents contended that the argument for appellants, carried to its logical eonF,ln!°,r W °n ld reduce lllc l' osi tion of Education Boards to an extent never contemplated by the Act. The whole

eiienie of the Act was that the Board should be the dominant power, and m Hp" ?f Wer9 W " e g ' VC ' n to the C01!| - were Pitl'Pr minor powers iorf +' Yi powers to !»e exorcised subjut to the sanction 0 f the Board. As section 12, the words "as herein jnovidcd referred only to the powers of Bowl Tf lll,ll " 0t '• thC I)OWUI ' S of «ie fix wI.,J i,' 1 ™ n,n " ttc e hl 'd power to the R m 1 Wlthout the COntrol of [ the lioaid, there would bo a want 0 f uniformity in school hours in the vari- <>" S the T' '! istr i ct \ UlKlc l' the control t the Hoard. Section 137 of the -id hav"'°eDn mi "'r " 01u '<V VnS inte,ulo<l to \n. tln the Rcllooj hours. oii'lip'h'Hf 1 f°" 1,130 Pressed the Court b"» » respondents, and Mr. Myers I 10 Pb T for appellants.