THE WORKING OF THE VICTORIAN EDUCATION ACT.AN IMPORTANT ADMISSION

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 24, 11 October 1873, Page 9

THE WORKING OF THE VICTORIAN EDUCATION ACT.AN IMPORTANT ADMISSION

rt,^ 4- l°™ c™e ™ fch . row . B orne light on the telegram to the effect that the Victorian Education Act is regarded as a failure. It i 6i 6 SJSnnJf given by the <DaUy Telegraph' of a discussion in the iS Assembly when the Supreme Court Bill was under consideration •- Mr Purvis suggested that the bill should be held over until next aession when the House would know how the new English Act had worked. He thought it would be better for the hon the Attorneygeneral to devote his attention entirely to educational matters for the next six months than to try too many reforms at once- He believed tne Attorney-G-eneral had too much work already on his hands. Mr Stephen : No. fthn,,?^ 11 ™^ Th l\ in J} &t caße he would P reßß Borne questions r» *•« fc J?7? I ; k A ag ° f the Education A *t. (Mr Stephen : Hear, hear.) £.1*5 * Z ft^f^remore children running about uneducated now taan before the bill came into operation. ™* Thi Vu y9the -r! Advocate « fr °m one of the most sanguine supporters of the new Edncation Act, is an important admission.