YESTERDAY AFTERNOON'S SITTING. Wellington, Yesterday.
The House met at 2.30 p.m. Mv Fox presented a petition praying for religious teaching in schools. He moved — "That the Education Act be amended so as to provide permissive power being granted to Education Boards to introduce Bible reading in schools, subject to time table and conscience clause." He contended that a house canvass would prove that a large proportion of parents were in favor of the motion, and argued that while a professedly Christian community the Bible was the only book expressly excluded from their school teaching. Dr Wallis seconded the motion. Mr Rolleston opposed. One-eighth of the population were Roman Catholics, so that the assertion that a large proportion of parents were in favor of the resolution could not hold good. They did not desire to see a return to denominationalism, nor did they wish to see the system wholly in the hands of a class professing contempt for all religious instruction.
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Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1255, 15 July 1880, Page 3
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160YESTERDAY AFTERNOON'S SITTING. Wellington, Yesterday. Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1255, 15 July 1880, Page 3
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