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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 06, 1879
Page
2
A letter denounces reported massacres of wounded Zulu fighters alleged to have been killed by forces under a British general. It urges a full, stern inquiry and condemns annexation aims linked to Sir Garnet Wolseley, warning public opinion must check these actions.
The article discusses Education Department speeches under the present Ministry, noting Lord George Hamilton’s Wednesday afternoon remarks align with a pattern of lamenting the 1870 Act’s outcomes rather than admitting failures. It suggests the aim is to preserve a preferred educated monopoly and hints at a wish to avoid population ignorance.
A discussion of education funding amid tensions between Board Schools and denominational institutions. The piece argues board schools justify higher costs through outcomes, critiques Lord George Hamilton, and warns against extending compulsory bye-laws nationwide while defending equal law and access for poorer children.
The amateur legislation of Convocation has failed to yield progress with bishops and clergy unable to find common ground. The clergy’s internal struggles threaten to rend the Anglican church as two rubrics, once seen as peacemakers, have now collapsed.
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