BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
THE PROPOSED REFERENDUM
(By Tilicbaph.) (FBOM OUB riBMASINTIBT *IPOBTIB.) WELLINGTON, June 27.
The Religious Instruction in Schools Referendum Bill was circulated at noon to-day. It provides that a referendum shall be taken on the day of tho general election, the only other material part is the form of voting paper, which is as follows:
Provision to be made for reading in public schools within school hours of selected Bible lessons from a reading book, to be provided by the Education Department, •uch reading to bo conducted under the supervision of the public school teacher, but no sectarian teaching to be allowed. Provision to be made for religious instruction to be given within school hours to childbjr & minister of their own denomination or by an accredited substitute. Any parent to have the right, if he chooses bo to do, to withdraw his child from Bible reading or from religious instruction or from both. I vote in favour of the above system. I vote argainst the above system.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9834, 27 June 1914, Page 5
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