NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday Evening, August 31.— The House was occupied after dinuqi' iv di.seussjug tlie Education Bill. , '.'":.. Mr. Wa^efield opposed tbo religion's' clauses, and Mr. Curtis' amendment lie thought more objectionable still. Mr. LuSK warmly supported tho Auckland system. He thought the bill too centralising, otherwise it was a good one. Dr. Wallis warmly supported the bill as tbe best compromise possible. He objected, however, to a State monopoly ojE education, and thought that Catholic schools should be subsidised if they gave as good an education as State schools. The great excellence of the bill- was its- uon-sfectarinn cbctrpoter, > rtf:ledenied that the Auoldand system worked <i>vel l.Mr. Macparlane said it cost £1,4,00, iv Auckland to collect £1,000 of education'rates. Mr. DeLatour believed the bill shadowed fnrt'i it heavy taxation. He \voul<i subsidise (J :r.:iuc schools, if necessary. . - 1 Mr. UoDGiciNSOtf preferred the retention of the o'cTproviucial systems of. education, but this being impossible, he, ou the whole, considered, the bill a fair one', '• , ':': ' Mr. Tyke ruovedthe adjournment, and the House rose at 12.15 a.m. .
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2610, 3 September 1877, Page 2
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178NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2610, 3 September 1877, Page 2
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