THE EDUCATION BILL.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13231, 26 September 1908, Page 9

THE EDUCATION BILL.

• ' ' --*<£{ ' UNIFORM SCHOOL BOOKS, c"sF_ctt_ _o **th_ jayets.'") v J, WELLINGTON, Septeniher 25* t When tho Bouso reached tha Educa- £ tion Bill to-night, Mr Fowlds skid l Mr , Wilford's amendment regarding - m»- • form school books had been carried io* a rather thin House, so be had moved < to report progress ia *t-*t tha "* * matter would £ot fuller consideration when it came to add the clauje i» the \ Bill He stud ho aba uxudenrtood thai several hen. membect- had •ome__inj£: ,| elso in their m_ade yrhaa they with Mr Wilford th© other day. Tha „ proposed change would, hie. added, \' voho very serious crpe-tae.* t thing would bo dono io mrniniise **- pen_e, but it could ho done without "i leei"jlatio_ * t plx Massey pointed, ou* thai Mr __ Fo« Ida's argument dad _ot carry weight, becauao it did not fellow that - tho change would come into operation, , J right av.aj , * X t „ Mr Wiltord: It need _©t bo done ft»f -s two yeans Mr Massey: Quite so. He, abided, w that the Hon TV. P. Ileorea, a forme-.i Minister for Education, had strooftljf ' ! supported the proposal for uniform" * I school books •*•- !■> Mr Wilford, in defending his action; , stated that before he moved his amend- - ment he gavo notice of his intention, to the Minister He had, he 'said, - received telegrams from people f from all parte of the Dominion, including place- as far north as Taumarunui - and Kaipara, approving of his action, and these far outweighed the "sensational, rude tele_r_m_' , aent to rae_ibers by those who disapproved of the ' "Wilford amendment," and which he said were all worded alike. Tho discu~_on, which started shortly beforo midnight, continued till 115 a m , a considerable diversity of opinion being expressed. The motion, add Mr Wilford'a clause to the Bill was lost bj 33 votes to 19. ' l j-=