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New Zealand Tablet, 28 May 1914, Page 34

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T Correspondents Ti Next Wednesday (King’s Birthday) is a statutory public holiday and the coming issue of the Tablet will accordingly be published on Tuesday, instead of, as usual, oil Wednesday. ' Correspondents are therefore requested to send their matter in at the earliest possible moment. Correspondence which reaches the office later than Tuesday morning must necessarily be held over until the following issue. The League and the W.C.T.U -ITT R bite gibbon is the official organ of the Women s Christian Temperance Union; and the following protest and appeal, which appears in the current issue of that publication, furnishes a further illustration of. the sense of honor and fairness which prevails in the ranks of those responsible for the Bible-in-schools propaganda. The protest is signed by Mrs. Don, the respected Dominion president .of the or-’ gamsation. The president writes: ‘Dear White Ribbon sisters, —I am considerably surprised to find that, in spite of the decision of last convention not to advocate any system of Bible teaching in schools, resolutions in favor of the League are being persistently sent to various branches of our union for discussion. I do not know from whom they emanate, but it certainly is a grossly unfair action. Will all unions please note t s ah ° Ugh individuall y they may support any system of Bible teaching in schools, they should not pass resolutions sent by any outside body unless advised by convention or the executive to do so. The W.C.T.U. is definitely organised for the abolition of the liquor traffic; all other departments arc but side issues. Last year several unions sent no report to the corresponding secretary, no capitation fee to treasurer; in fact, did nothing but pass a resolution in favor of the Bible in schools, and sent it to the League executive. Such an action is disloyal to their own organisation. A generation of Bible-in-schools teaching in New South Wales has not banished the liquor traffic or minimised its evil effects. We nave already' commenced the biggest fight ever yet fought in New Zealand against the trade, and we cannot afford to spend time over a side issue at the expense of National Prohibition. Let us waste no more time over the Bible in schools. As a union we have settled the question amicably ; now let us bend all our energies, unit© our prayers, and put all our work on the “bare majority” and Prohibition for the Dominion. —Rachel Don, Dominion president.’