COURT OF APPEAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11249, 13 April 1908, Page 5

COURT OF APPEAL.

Religious instruction in 1 schools. (Per Presa Association.) , WELLINGTON, this" dayThe case Bruce and others .versusi the Wanganui. .Education Board arid' another, an appeal from a. decision of Judge Cooper, delivered m Wanganui phi the 24th February, was icontinued & "the Court, of Appeal to-day. Mr Skierrett, for respondents, contended that; the argu-, merit for appellants carried to its, 1 ; logical conclusion ■would' reduce' tlie position s of Education Boards to an extent never contemplated by the Act., .The whole scheme of- the Act /wus> that the Board!; should ■"be the dominant powder, and; { where powers were given to a. committee; tjiey made either minor powers or 'special powers to be exercised,' subject to the sanction of , the ' Board. As t,o ;«ection 124^ .tlie words "as herein plxxvidedj' .xeferred only to tlie powers of .'the. inspect tors, not to the powers of tlie Board. If the committee had 'power' to fiic hours control of the Board, 1 there would be -a wantof tiniformity m school hours m; i the various' school districts der control of tlie. Board." Section .137 of the Act showed the Board was intended to have control of s^Uool ho.urs. . ' Mv ] Hutton also addressed tlife Court on behalf of respondents, and Mr Myers began his reply. ■ : ' , . : ' ; ; ' . .