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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9068, 14 April 1906, Page 8

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BRITISH EDUCATION BILL.

OPPOSITION OF ENGLISH BISHOPS [PBESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received April 12, 10.42 p.m.) LONDON, April 12. Thirty-two bishops in England and Wales, at' Lambeth, resolved that the Education Bill as it stands must be unhesitatingly opposed. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY WARNED. (Received April 12, 11.58 p.m.) * LONDON, April 12. The Times states tnat Mr W. Runciman, speaking at Newcastle, warned the Archbishop of Canterbury ifchat if .he attempted to use the Lords, as was done in 1902, in the hope of wrecking the wishes of the House of Commons, it would make the disestablishment of the Church inevitable, and shake the House of Lords to its foundation. "BRUTAL ACT OF CONFISCATION." (Received April 13, 9.55 a.m.) LONDON, April 12. Dr Brindle, Catholic Bishop of Nottingham, states that the Education. Bill is a brutal act of confisoatdon. PRIMROSE LEAGUE ACTIVE. (Received April 14, 12.5 a.m.) LONDON, April 13. The Primrose League is agitating on the question of education throughout the country, protesting ait the endowment of one kind of iteligious education by means of funds which the citizens of all (religions are compelled to contribute. The Canadian,^ system of allowing a (ratepayer to allot* his rate to a particular type of school is growing in favor amongst the opponents to the Bill..