BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 153, 2 July 1914, Page 3

BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.

THE REFERENDUM BILL

The Religious Instruction in Schools Referendum Bill provides that* a referendum shall bo taken on the day of the general election. Tlie only . other material part is the form of the voting paper, which is as follows:— "Pirovision to be made for the readilig in the public schools, within school hours of selected Bible lessons from a -reading book to be provided by | tihe Education Department, .such read- J ing to be conducted under supervision ] of a public school teacher, but no sec- { tarian teaching to be allowed." j "Provision to b© mado for religious instruction to be given within school hours to children by the minister ot their own denomination or by an accredited substitute."

"Any parent to have the right if he chooses so to do to withdraw his child from Bible reading or from religious instruction or from both."

"I vote in favor of tihe above system."

"I vote against th© above system."

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