Education Act and its effect on farmers and labourers
The piece argues that the Agricultural Children Act, if enforced gently, may educate rural youths without causing widespread suffering. It notes farmers’ self interest, some hardship for laborers, and possible improvements via targeted enforcement and local associations to prosecute violations.
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Friends of Education
Parliament Recess Short Affects Big Bill Scrutiny
The House of Commons resumes after a brief Whitsuntide recess as the Food and Drugs Bill nears passage and the National Debt Sinking Fund Bill faces limited opposition. The Bishopric of St Alban’s and Local Authorities Loans measures advance amid tense committee work and Irish resistance delays a Towns Rating bill.
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House of Commons
Whitsuntide
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
J. G. Hubbard
Hubbard
House
Bishopric of St. Alban
Bishopric of St
Fawcett
James Hogg
Metropolitan Gas Companies
James
Young
Board of Works
Ireland
Sixty First Annual Meeting Of Irish Evangelical Society
The Irish Evangelical Society held its sixty first annual meeting at Memorial Hall with strong attendance. Reports from Albert Bridge Belfast Coleraine Donoughmore Straid Sligo Galway and Dublin note vigorous revival and church growth including seventy five baptisms at Belfast and forty four added at Straid. The committee reports receipts of 2964 15s 9d and expenditures of 2864 5s 5d with a remaining balance of 100 10s 4d and warns that sustaining or expanding agencies requires increased income through subscriptions and donations.
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Memorial Hall
Charles Reed
James Scrutton
Tonis
W. Tarsorron
Ireland
Albert Bridge Church
Belfast
Coleraine
Donoughmore
J. Grant
William Graham
Carrickfergus
Straid
J. Bain
Sligo
Noble Shepperd
Galway
J. Kydd
Zion Chapel
Dublin
A. Dunlop
Episcopal Church
Cork
W. Fox
Youghal
H. Cope
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Irish Evangelical Society