PRAYERS AT SCHOOLS
DECISION IN WELLINGTON (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Wednesday Though in the opinion of the chairman the motion had the effect of making the board usurp the function of Parliament, the Wellington Education Board this morning, by 11 votes to 3, resolved that in future all schools in the board’s district will be opened each morning with the Lord’s Prayer, subject to the approval of the school committees and head teachers concerned. The board deferred to the next meeting consideration of representations by various bodies on their previous decision f,o refuse the Navy League permission to enter schools during school hours. A deputation from the Returned Soldiers’ Association urged that the motion be rescinded.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21222, 19 September 1940, Page 3
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116PRAYERS AT SCHOOLS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21222, 19 September 1940, Page 3
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