THE ENGLISH EDUCATION ACT.
DISCUSSION -IN PARLIAMENT. By'M*girtiph.">J?ir9s« Association,—Copyright. ;.'-.. (Received March 18, 9.48 p.m.) i London, March 16. In the House of Commons Sir W. Anson, Parliamentary. Secretary of the Board of Education, during the education debate on Monday night, denounced: the principle of passive resistance and the organised opposition of the Welsh Education Councils, which resulted in a want of fuel and school apparatus; and the closing of schools. :■ This, he said, was political warfare by methods of barbarism. • Mr. Balfour declared that the Government must devise means to give tile Welsh children the benefits they were entitled to. Many speakers advocated the revision of the Act on the basis of a compromise, but nearly all differed in regard to details. ~ ' With the assistance of the Irish party the Government secured a majority of 120.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12524, 17 March 1904, Page 5
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