THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS
INTRODUCTION OPPOSED DECISION OF PARENTS "As far as I know, this is the first instance where a majority of parents has been against the Nelson system of Biblereading in schools," said Mr. T. U. Wells, chairman of the Auckland Education Board, when the board was notified yesterday that, at a ballot, 16 parents of children attending the Rukuhia School, near Hamilton, voted against introducing the system, eiglit parents being in favour. The chairman said thei-e was a possibility that the committee had gained the impression that a request had been made by the board to take tho poll. Actually, the board had supplied an ordinary circular advising how a poll could be taken. There was now a suggestion that children could volunteer for Bible instruction in the lunch hour, but the board was against any restriction of the school lunch hour, which was already short enough. Facilities would be afforded before or after school, if they were required. The board granted permission for the introduction of Bible-reading &t the Vauxhall, Ngaruawahia and Waipu Cove Schools.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21454, 30 March 1933, Page 8
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