SECULAR ISSUE
MR. DOIDGE DOES NOT GET FAR Little headway was made by Mr. F. W. Doidge (National, Tauranga) iv the House of : Representatives - last night when he attempted to discuss the question of secular education in schools, the Chairman of Committees (Mr. R. McKeen) ruling him out on the grounds that he was discussing policy. Mr. Doidge, referring to the Education Department Estimates, said that one thing the war was doing was bringing people closer to God. The Chairman intervened with his objection, but Mr. Doidge questioned the wisdom of perpetuating a system that kept God out of the schools. "The Statute has something to say about secular education," interposed the Minister of Education (the Hon. H. G. R. Mason). Mr. Doidge proceeded to eulogise the speech of Lord Halifax. "That speech," he. said, "should be read to every child in our schools, and if possible it should be made the basis of a new educational structure."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 22, 25 July 1940, Page 8
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