MICHAEL DAVITT AND THE IRISH BISHOPS. .

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume L, Issue 9001, 25 January 1906, Page 5

MICHAEL DAVITT AND THE IRISH BISHOPS. .

(Received January 24, 11.35 p.m.) LONDON, January 24.

Michael Davitt, in a remaritable letter in the Freeman's Journal, rejoices at the approaching secularisation in fhe English Catholic schools, and declares that the asinine stupidity of the Irish Bishops in instigating Mr Redmond to assist Mr Balfour to enact the Education Act of 1902, was the chief cause of the triumphant Radical majority, wbicE wa». pledged to secularise the schools, but wae not pledgedio Home Rule. • STATE OF THE PARTIES. (Received January 25, 10 p.m.) LONDON, January 24. The state of parties now is : .Liberate 285 Labor 44 Nationalists 77 Unionists 123