BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS BILL.
INTRODUCTION IN COUNCIL.
ARCHBISHOP ON OPPOSITION.
"The Religious Exercises in Schools Bill has been designedly blocked by the opposition," said Archbishop Averill atthe annual meeting of the Auckland Diocesan Mothers' Union yesterday. "Nevertheless, T feel sure it will in time bo passed, owing to the large majority of members supporting it." Tho archbishop added that the Hon. L. M. Isitt, who had previously fathered; the bill, had been promised by Sir James Allen an opportunity to introduce it ;in' the Legislative Council It was most earnestly desired that there should bo public recognition of Almighty God in the public schools and that. tho children should gain some knowledge of the Bible. At present, clergymen throughout New Zealand, in taking'confirmation, services, found little-religious, training; to. build upon when instructing the classes of young people. If the bill were passed,, balf tho loaf would ;be gained and the other half would need to be ' supplied by the Church and the home. f '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19699, 27 July 1927, Page 13
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162BIBLE-IN-SCHOOLS BILL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19699, 27 July 1927, Page 13
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