BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS BILL
“DESIGNEDLY BLOCKED.” Dominion Speciai Service Auckland, July 26. The Religious Exercises iu Schools Bill has been designedly blocked by the opposition, said Archbishop Averill at the annual meeting of the Auckland Mothers’ Union. “Nevertheless, I feel sure it will in time be passed owing to the large majority of members supporting it.” The Archbishop added that the Hon. L. AL Isitt, who had previously fathered the Bill, had been promised by Sir Janies Allen an opportunity to introduce it in the Legislative Council. It was most earnestly desired that there should be public recognition of Almighty God in the public schools, and that the children should gain some knowledge of the Bible. At ’’ present clergymen throughout New Zealand iff taking confirmation services found little religious training to build upon when instructing classes of young people. If the Bill were passed half the loaf would be gained, aud the other half would need to be supplemented by the Church and the home.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 256, 28 July 1927, Page 6
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