CATHOLIC FEDERATION.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1917, Page 6

CATHOLIC FEDERATION.

THE REMOVAL OF GRIEVANCES. DOUBLE EDUCATIONAL BURDEN. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, February 22. At a meeting' convoked of tlie Catholic Federation, in eonnec'ion with the convention, tlie •following resolutions were carried:—Tlr't, in order to produce the highest type of citizenship, the ancient Catholic ideal of the combination oi morvl and religious fr-iuing "vith seen'ir '-'structioii is the best; that, ill viiw o? this fact, it is unreasonable, but conscientious, t'-Jt objectors of any religious body to a purely secukr system uf. education should deprive them oi State a;:iistance in the training of their children, while tVy are called upon to bear their share i' '"xution and perform other full duties as citizens; that this meeting therefore u-ges the Government 'a take such steps as will relieve oneseventh of our population from the double burden of building and equipping their own schools, and at the same time paying for schools they cannot, in consequence, make u?e of; that this meet, ing thanks the Federation for what it has already done, and pledges itself to support whatever steps the Federation may think advisable to take fo" *'ie removal of Catholic grievances.