BIBLE READING IN SCHOOLS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 260, 3 November 1925, Page 18

BIBLE READING IN SCHOOLS.

(To ihe Editor. 1 Sir.—lf '"Truth Finder" had read my letter attentively lie would have found the truth: that'l -va= referring not to anything that Mr. Coatee paid at the debate "on Mr. Isitt's bill, but to his j Wellington speech of October 13. In | this the Prime Minister was obviously i speaking for the Cabinet of which iie is the head, though perhaps not necessarily for all candidates supported by the Government, when ho said that the Government ptood for free, .-eeular and t-ompulsory education. I take this as an indication, among others, that Mr. < oates would not he unwilling to place fiis Tory and "dug out" followers on | the shelf, where they belong. This would leave him tree to form a Government out of all members, whether they (••all themselves Liberal. Xationalist. or by the more radical lißme of Reformer, who are prepared to live up to their respective titles. Those Ministers who earlier in the present election campaign said they were in favour of Bible reading in schools should be asked to define their position. If pressed they would be placed in the dilemma of admitting that they do not intenil to vote for the third reading, or of repudiating the Prime Minister as their leader and spokesman. I am .etc., H. E. GLASSOX.