SCHOOL COMMITTEI ELECTIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 127, 29 May 1914, Page 7

SCHOOL COMMITTEI ELECTIONS.

iTo the Editor I i Mr.—Tli.' liev. ]«iao Jolly does mc a (serious injustiiv. Hi- makes it appear 1 lint 1 am jMi-1.-.ullnjr your rra<ie.rs when I etatpil, on <lir<vt Oranpe testimony. Out (ftiinii Carlanil. orpinburifr wwj tary of lln> HiUlii in Schools Ijeajrue.. urji'ivi the liran<l i>ranp-e Lo<Ure to pi-t OrunjiemoTi ;111 hvit Now Zcalan-1 1" take an actiw part in school < rvinnittc i elections, (.'anon <!arlond. awnrdwifr lo I the Ilev. Isaac .lolly, publicly stau-d t.hat the league was ta.kinjr nr> part in thn»e elections. Well, the leajnip has .lone m>. iHith Ihrnugh it.- orfmnifin;; sem-tary and t.hrtiujrn lite Oranjji , now an ally ami nti-_ r ral p;irt of t-lie Canon liarlantTs .»olita.ry denial must be put iifmin-"'- ttio olli.-ial sitatMiH-nt (■rnanatinsr from .-imif -JO(i <,r so jii.toUts ol tlh- (iniiKl Liidiro at tlirir a,nniiiil truvtJnu hf'J at lla.-tinfTs at Kaster, nn.l reported in l\\r Oranpti orjraii, "Tho Nation," <»t May 11, 1014. This is now bejarp xw, :i:i(l may hi- inKpnMtsl by tin , Rpv. Isoa*' I-lolly at any time. The official (jnind rppnrt says:—"A letter from Cannii Garland ro election of school j committees was read, impressing cm the ! brethren the nwpssity »f iiKinff the-ir i-ndeavoura tf> rxorfiso their vote." An editorial nntii-f in the amp j«]>or jsay;: -The ediwr will be pta,l to hear whe.n mwnbers of thp Oranpt Order nro eloite<l to municipal pcn-iUons or sehocvl Iconmiittw! l ." I'jimi llarliuxl's stjitement j qnd tlie (iraml statement, can root 1 tu.th be tnie. An.i t In- ljod-re ha-; a ! e'.oinl of vitneimtH in iut favour. Tlio ; Ilev. Mr. J.-vlly has lieen s.-arin;; tinu.l ! old women of iwTih pcxes ■with "hot.-air" ] about a "'i-onspiracy"' by oiie-sevc.rtth of 'the pnulation In kit; the other 'sevcntLs. Xoiv. his revtrreinu- ouu-"t I a«ec|it one or other of thttie two theories: The. theory of ;i 'Voii^piraey" l>v tlie leafnif-s Oranjre wiiifr asainft i ! Canon (iarlaml and the league; or the j : theory of a ••<-on-;piraey ,, by the leajrue j : (through orpini.--er) to fly it-i new i [yellow tint: intr every Stat<- s,-hool in j N,'u- Zealand. On either theory the I leafnie is implicated. And the Rev. i I-saar -lolly i> a memlx-r ol the leajrue j 'executive. H i-i droll to see how those I ''conspiracy" fowl.- eo-nie home to rooft. —I am. etc.. ! 11. J. O'DOIIERTV. j J St. Patrick'?. May 10. BANNED BOOKS. j I (To tbe Kditor.) I j;j r ,—May 1 be permitted t.> reply to your correspondent. A. Kose? With re- ; pird to the suppre«;ion of unclean litera- ! ture. 1 wish to point out that while a ; bonk may be contrary to the religious : l.viie:.- nf ;i certain portion of the mmmil lily, tine doe.4 not warrant tV n"nii-r of be-ins unclean. 1 would al*o , desire tv make perfectly clear that M" ! ' havr otsr own liovernniPin <en«or: and' mijrlit 1 add that thU bpJnR a Protestant I country, wi!l not brook interference from the c.'i'un-ii which lias Koine as it* adi minii-trative rpntrp. —I am. etc.. AW A .To the Editor . >i'...\ noip the IVtma-.iPriii-npral's ■ ■ -Tij'.l.inat .or of rer-ent action in prev.'ntin- n ■■nrmin magazine from landing tif-re. Die- he intend to apply .-u.-h ; action t.o every piper, bonk. :mj Mapi i /.mo i-omin? into the Dominion , / I thiak I no:, ior at the present moment I i*»e ,

'before mc certain advertisements ivlatI ing to women, veiled in such words a< I only hint too well whaX underlies tbc.ir full meaning. As far lotteries, you have only to read many of the papers, sold t> , boys of any age- from IJ. auj onwards. where a valuable watch or some other i bo<rus present is r.fferwl for selling a ' lew tin-plate spoons, etc No. sir, the ; Hon. Heaton Rhodes' e.vplanaLron is ton j thin. We know full well there U a ! sinister-deeply-Uid scheme on luot. and \ I 1 ask all liberty-loving New Zealanders | to be up and doing. If I and my j family go to a picture- theatre, am I to | jbe censured ill my taste by a Catholic '■ : layman! Ortajn'ly 1 win not patronise ! any liookseller who allows himself to ; be swayed by any such narrow-minded I [wlk'y. I pinch myself Wfjndi-.ring am 1 i awake for, indeed, you begin u> wonder ' where we are drifting tu. Some tiim- j ago then- was a lively discussion re tin , j cla-ss of literature on certain .--helves in j ; our Public l.ilirary. One councillor rose ; Jin protest, ami said he refused in ha\e ! I his reading matter censured by any j draper or pnx-er who ha|»pi'n"d u> ul> Meet to certain authors. Now. this i-. I just tile position. We, a.- intelligent i J people of a new Dominion, look for ad- , vanned and progressive thought, nut th ■ : kind forced upon humanity throughout the Middle Ages; (iai forbid.—l am. j etc.. COUINIAL-HOUN. j CXSN*nKXSED I'(HUiKSI'( )N DKNCK. "C'ummonrti-nhe" ridicules tbe suggestion of compulsory Sunday sc.linul. "Honesty" thinks that same control should be established over the use of | letters l>y electrical engineers. I -J.A.S." complains .>f the W/2 a_ni. ear I from Oiiehiinga— the last by which liie weekly tieketa are available—being frequently alieail of time. He writes "ii May -IS: "It cannot .be that some sixteen jiaKnengi'iv, w.liu each had their vieekry ticket, should have ini-s,.d that car thin morning owing to i-uch of tlirir timepieces licing wrong." A tramway cbx'k ai the terminus he considers ail urgent neeiwuty.