THE REFERENDUM.
The result of the South Australian experiment of referring to the electors for an expression of opinion on the Education question, must be regarded as entirely satisfactory by those who believe in the secular system. All along tlie line the advocates of Biblereading in schools and those who favour grants to denominational schools have been beaten, and we believe that in this colony the majority of the electors are against any variation of our present very excellent, though by no means perfect, system 1 The Education system in South Australia is very similar to our own, and we are indebted to the Evening Post for the following particulars. "In South Australia four hours and a-half each day are set apart for secular instruction only. The schools may open in the morning a quarter of an hour at least before the time fixed for secular instruction to commence, for the purpose of reading portions of the Holy Scriptures in the Authorised or Douay version. Children are not to be compelled to attend, and no sectarian or denominational religious teaching shall be allowed in any school. Provision is made for requiring the teacher to read the Bible before school hours, if the parents of the children send a written request that this may be done."
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Hastings Standard, Issue 12, 9 May 1896, Page 2
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215THE REFERENDUM. Hastings Standard, Issue 12, 9 May 1896, Page 2
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