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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19809, 28 November 1919, Page 6

A considerable number of overseas visitors have arrived in Auckland lately with the intention ol' louring the Dominion, and many inquiries liave boon made of the officer in charge of the Tourist Bureau as to the principal places of interest, stales (he “ Herald.” Tile majority of these visitors come from Amorira and Australia, the latter including a number of returned soldiers and their wives. Many New Zealand returned soldiers are also reIKirted to be travelling through tho .Dominion, taking advantage of their leave passes to make, a. thorough tour of all tho scenic retorts. The Presbyterian General Assembly on Wednesday night, on the motion of Professor Davies, appointed a committee of Christchurch ministers and laymen, with tho Rev J. Paterson as convener, “to consider anew the policy of the Church on the question of religious instruction in State schools,” and instructed the committee to confer with other religious bodies and representatives of teachers ancPreport to next Assembly. Professor Davies said it was most necessary that they should carry tho teachers with them m what they did The Bible in schools question had been fit abeyance dining the war, hut. it, was now intended 1.bn.l il should be actively taken up again.