BIBLE IN SCHOOLS
INSTRUCTION BEGINS AT DEVONPORT PONSONBY PARENTS FAVOURABLE Yesterday morning, for the first time in the history of the Devonport School, religious instruction was given under the terms of the decision made recently by parents and the school committees. It was arranged that no distinctions should be made in the denominations of the children who were taken in their classes by the following: The Rev. H. B. Wingfield (Church of England vicar), Standard 3. The Rev. W. Lawson Marsh (Presbyterian minister). Standard 5. The Rev. Mr. Hosking (Congregational minister). Standard 4. The Rev. J. F. Martin (Methodist minister). Standard 6. A Salvation Army officer was to have taken Standards 1 and 2, but was unavoidably absent. The instruction, which took the form of preliminary talks and Bible readings, lasted from 9 a.m. to 9.20 a.m. It will be carried out henceforth every Tuesday at the same hour. DECISION AT PONSONBY It haa been decided by the Ponsonby School Committee to ask the Auckland Education Board to introduce the Nelson system of Bible in schools The voting in response to the committee’s circular was as follows: Richmond Road, for 247, against 96; Ponsonby. for 177, against 93; Curran Street, for 167. against 60; Bayfield, for 145, against 37. Totals, for 736. against 286. The committee in its circular stated clearly that if no reply was received it would assume that the parent was favourable to the scheme; but the figures given take no account of those who did not vote and are the totals of actual votes returned.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19291211.2.179
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 843, 11 December 1929, Page 18
Word Count
259BIBLE IN SCHOOLS Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 843, 11 December 1929, Page 18
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.