THE EDUCATION BILL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 293, 5 December 1908, Page 2

THE EDUCATION BILL.

'IUK FINANCIAL ASPECT. MEETING I'HeIJifpicUWIES. ' London, December 3. Dimng Hie debate, Sir U . \vt, il( , m . Uiui, •( the Archbishop demand f..r Higher g,ant» were pressed, .Nonconformists would nut adhere to their part of tin- compromise. Tin. Minister, Mr. Runcimau, declared Unit tin! Government was unable to satisfy the Catholic demands by mati:ig «n increased grant equivalent to the amount of tin? existing grant plu» tile rates forfeited. He thought th« grant of ,C2 10s lo -contraeting-out , HilKwls erred 011 the Hide of liberality A larger grant would be putting a pre niiiiiii on eontraeting-out. The Government .-was really (offering to provide five-sixths of the cost of maintenance, leuvjiig one-sixth to be derived from voluntary subscriptions, endowments, and fees, xhe financial resolution was earricl by 241 votes to 110. /The Times declares that if the settle'' ' iient breaks down, it will be on the /point of petty finance and not one of principle. / The Chronicle says that, if the Archbishop of Canterbury persists in bis ultimatum or anything like it, all hope of settling the dispute by consent is dead.

FURTHER CONSIDERATION POSTPONED. AWAITING A SETTLEMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS POINTS. Received 4, 0.20 p.m. London, December 4.

In the, House of Commons, on the motion of the Premier (Mr. H. H. Asquith), further consideration of the Education Bill was postponed till Friday, Mr. Asquith remarking that it was a waste of time to proceed until eonie settlement had been reached!, a* he hoped might yet be done. THE CHURCH'S ATTITUDE. THE OUTLOOK NOT ENCOURAGING. Received 4, 9.20 p.m. ' • London, December 4. The Archbishop of Canterbury, addressing the representatives of the Church Council at the Church House, said he was not prepared to abandon hopes of a settlement, even after Mr. Runeiman's last letter, though the nego- * tiations were never more dispiriting than now. While believing a settlement was absolutely needed for England'* sake, it was possible, to secure educational peace at .too great a cost. The Rev. C. A. Cripps, Vicar-General of Canterbury, moved that the Council do not accept the compromise embodied in the Bill. The Bishop of Salisbury moved an amendment that the Bill wai unacceptable without serious alterations. The amendment was lost by 187 to ( 218, and the Rev. Cripps' motion carried by 188 to 1)0. It was, however, declared lost because it did not obtain a majority, of the three orders, vii., the bishops, clergy, and laity. The Council deprecated proceeding with the Bill this session.