LATE DOMINION NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 1 July 1914, Page 3

LATE DOMINION NEWS.

BIBLE IM SCHOOL!?

A PETITION 'fO PARLIAMENT. ; PKB UNITED ™,I!SS ASPOCUTION. > AVKLMNGTON, «W 30. I Hon. A. L. Hord'nism (.Miiyster Ui Justice) presented to Pnrli.-niient this •afternoon tlio following petition of Prf feasor A. Hunter and 21. others.: | 'J'hat tho present national systems IF education, has <<;nl'orrod great! benefits on the people of Now Zea.la.nd, jud ths its main feature, vin., its free,. coiy .pulsory and secular character, should <i no su-count, be interfered with, i' Th: no religions question can (Ik; dealt wit| by tho will of ,a majority, and to! take; referenilium on such a r ( nr>sl ion ivoulcli I t:> interfere with religious lilted! therefore your petitioners request yol honorable House, to maintain the n! tionat system of education' on ifc pit .sent basis (free, secular and ocwipif sory), and to protect tho religioi lib'erty of the people of New Zealai a.ga.inst the encroachments of t.lk| who propose,.by means of a refefewlui ■to compel t the teachers of our pule schools to give, religious lessons to' f children. '.L'hey further request ' til they be heard on the question befp tlie Education Committee of the Hole of Representatives. ', _ '

OTHER PROTEST'S. A meeting of the Christchureh Coj.cil of the Executive of the New rAlami Catholic. Federation last. njt parsed a. resolution protesting agait the proposed re.ferend.uim on tlie-Bt-in-Schools question',' J A meeting of St. Patrick's brancp the Hibernian .Society in Wellinpn last night protested against the aeon of a weak .Government interfering fch the religious rights audi liberties' ofne people by the introduction of the Be-in-Schools referendum. . , . t ' 1 < GERMAN TRADE. 1 THROUGH NEW ZEALAND EIS.

CHRJSTCHUHCH:, June■'■:! A private ciible message lias bee:' 6-' eeiyed atChristchnreli giving a 'Vbatim .report; of tlmt.'part of "Hoi T. Mackenzie's i(Ncw Zealand High, mmissitini.'!') spwoli at, the- jyiii.ua] f.e.iu[Onium ■ ■ :! „i. Ii in a.-, |'(.".7i;: "WViv ;.. ,i,.uiv, however, 1.- .tip-. a .pr«!;iTK.-,iv. -poLey ,<meh as i.,uire-' Iceutlv ndupuwi by' l,lie. United L ; tes my l'< 'knuxm-iitrytneri would look rtli ::. n:l!i-!i .■,.<»••> kindly OV.fi on t.lvs isfc (Je-rui: ■-:■■ •■ l •.'!-'•(■■ ;: jn'l'V-; ' -s-'

;■ ' • ■ ■-,'!• :i. efforts ■■','..;.• till ni-\-1.. ■ ' wordier the lin».e.. sy| Ui9 !■' ,^i:.r" to idsi;ii6s,tbe imiuence ofjvp-an th> CiiM-mj).ri Emnire. \j<-!' oa.lj' ti'iai .with TCisnl!>, .bu* • -i J policyiTF the Agrarian, Party au<theirT lillirs.tr> maintain a,system ol firilfs whieli. .will' interfere very laryvli-vyifh tlie exchange of trade or.at lea-lwitii the kale of om country's foodstfl's -to Genuany, and which is in markr eon-1 trast to the policy which the nitod Stales' has extender! to us Xci Zea T haulers. Iw 11 give' you some < Ci< lvmajy's heavy tariff exclusion dirges. Thq'duty (Mi'otir frozen nicat ei.ering Gclmuiy js 3ft murks t«.r 'iCt'H'ihis, neij-ly I'd per' Hi. Until reetßy .a otittt-KKion of ")0 per t-ciifc. was dido, ill thl ease of meat imported tfroup;h mijiifipalities, .but even, tins is j-incelled now. In the ease olfimon cabases various 'organs, such is the lui's. heart, kidneys, etc., mu<:i;bo attached, and in. thrv nise of oattM.oither

thj-\y1io1« bead ol- the, under .iai lIP* . ali) ho present, ail "entirely u&hoeessaiv provision, .so fay as our cicollont mjat is concerned.Tl'u* tariff oTt?Vi>rtbt*«* am cheese is as follows:—lJutWr, fresh, sa|t ami melted, or maraa.rine, 10s pur oW Butter, in hermetically senjed tins, 30|-er cwt. C!heeso; ahrd varieties, such as $w Zealand clieddnrs of not less than BSliii cu:»u, nor&ojjaoiai is. pot chdtkc of other 'varieties, 'including inargariiH <!liee«3, 'l% per cwt, Janey <"l> eou try expec'tiiiK to ; 110 puie.fi trade, wil' u.s that ehnnscs up to 4d pM' lb on .'lioexe of certain makes. ,(t must, hiovevor, he re mem bored- ■tli.n.t pome trine has been carried on between GerJ raw and the Dominion of New lan • The total export trade to Qom ma y iu jOli! was -CiSI/100, y-hile irfl pors of 'German ' goods aiiiou.vJ-Of.t.„JH £6.3,000, an increase over the' proecS inri year of £172,000. You will tlierll for;' «ei+ that we imported Hiiro thai dotbie the quantity I'rorri Germany tbA' we exported to her, and most of tl£ ,'! art el es were such as could have by; prflufed by British' Nrfv I will shqw you the difference o N'l.' ZpsfhindV'trfldo with the T T p,itni Kiiß'tow '" favpr of Nosy Zealand. M l!)b we exported pearly £17.000,JM wj'tti. of produce awl imported. wjU t* tho vnhto of f;i2,soP,fioo feniJß li,ingdom. It will t*k £4,500,000. worth more <"£■■ while Germany reversed trie lauigJii *u* tl.at, 'fl| t|at Germany imported .' 401. Now, without tiis matter unduly, New rpt shut her eyes -to Qermanv does jiot take leturn, but expects us to HH ve shall be taking from liars us H '' i 'R h .:v ( laptured iu : ib<H^ e iountry the v;,orkrtien IccesA t<» <'ur .-mp*^!* l : and our t,f.e point to: say tlutt fee" British .art'do iter.than the Ge"' l "' l - Uth Germany in \ the life per head of tne Zetdfl-iiil. .win!.- that U Britain amoui.ts w : of the t ■ it must sratit«o™* '>,m^^^| import ' ir«rt ;^^ A^.. lured .articles amountiii'^^MMl I is £l2 for ovi rv,man, is 12 for nl!1 "i J^^H^^^H our con "try r^v^^^^^^^B