THE CHURCH AND NATION BUILDING

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, 4 January 1917, Page 22

THE CHURCH AND NATION BUILDING

;'•">■ VERY REV. FATHER LOCKING!ON'S LECTURE. • There was a good attendance at the Town Hall last evening (says the Wellington Dominion of December 19), when Very Rev. Father Lockington; S.J. lectured on 'The Church and Nation Building.' Mr. J. Burke presided, and among those on the platform "was his Grace Archbishop O'Shea. ' The • chairman, introducing Father Lockington, said that the lecturer was a native of the West Coast of New Zealand, who had gained fame in other countries as a lecturer. [Owing to pressure on our space, we'are unable to give the whole of Father Lcekingt oil's scholarly address in this issue, but, the. first instalment will be found on page 24. En. .V.Z.7.] Archbishop O'Shea, who said that Father Lockington's. lecture should do a great deal of good, moved a vote of thanks. - This was. carried with acclamation. "Oh the motion of "Mr. M. J. Reardon, it Was unanimously resolved—'That a system of education utfder which one-seventh of the taxpayers are excluded from participating in the benefits is neither a just nor ■a lAtioual system, and this meeting expresses the hope that the Government will take into consideration the desirableness of making the New Zealand education system a truly national one, by recognising and incorporating within it all registered schools certified by the State inspectors as efficient, as has been done already in England, Canada, and other . parts of the British. Empire.',' . .'•'..;■ 1../ Mr. Sievers moved, and the meeting resolved— I That this meeting protests against the injustice inflicted upon Catholic children by their exclusion,from the full benefits ■of scholarships, free places, medical inspection, free swimming, tuition, etc., benefits of which Catholic parents as taxpayers contribute their full quota, and calls upon the Department 'to remove this peculiarly unjust discrimination.' j : ;."'.

During the evening the Schools Choir sang the :S National Anthem, , * The Harp.that Once,' God Defend -Si New Zealand;, '} and ; Erin, Beautiful Erin.' - Mr. G. l\ o''Meegan:pfesidedsat the organ: ;v - , .-.'' ■ The proceedings concluded with thanks .to the ■■"/' chairman arid cheers for Father Lockington..."■ ~ ; : i