NEW SOUTH WALES.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 36, 3 January 1874, Page 11

NEW SOUTH WALES.

MB. PABKV ON CiTHOLIC SCHOOLS Rbcently (says the ' Freeniau'9 Journal), when Mr Stewart brouMvt forward in the Assembly a motion whiHi had for its object the crushing out of existence all certified Denominational school, at the end of the year 18/3, Mr Parkea is reported to have made the following oomplimentary remarks on some of our Catholic schools :_The motiou met the fafe of all Mr Stewart's motions, being negatived \» ithonr division. The hon. gentleman rode hi, fahorite hohb> on the occasion, and abused, as only he and Uuchanan can abuse, tlie luHies of St Vincent s, and, in fact, all the teaching sister of the Catholic schools' Mr Parkes replied, and said that both the men aid women in these Denominational schools were all trained teacher., who had won the-r qualifications by their merit after a severe examination, fhese ladies were all ot high character and education- He ha-i lmnsolf visited some oJ these schools- But how they knew ,ho h,^ charactrraud education of l.ese laoVs was by the reports of the uwpoctors- who d no nioure, wlioee views generally were not such as would mJline thJin to-give a favourable report of these sclio )Is, and of the aUenJunc" of hese ladies, There could be no doubt whatever tlut ? ume of lh-so ladies who had not b.-en examined were hmoiicst ti.o most comnif«n? Bchoo teacher. He had before instance,! lh t en ™f the s me ,S school at Bathurst-the Roman Catho'io Deno-nmathnal chw - which was beyond all doubt the best school in ilut city The TLz no doubt about it, that that school was most efficient i-, all ltß b a ,c! ci And he remembered himself some years ago b,i,. r p ,. e ,, nC ut J ' t ' „ in.nation o a school of St. Vincent's Ho d p°ital, wILrS tht.^ the Council of Edupatun made a mm M t favou-ablo r. V ort uoon the public inspection of the school j auJ where, ai fir ,» h ' «„ !l !i ? though he did not pretend to be a juJgo. as to the t v h k^ r J v S inspection could be more satisfactory. KSiuts, no