Church Struggle Flares Over Sunday Schools and Education Act
A correspondence condemns ritualistic church influence over nonconformist Sunday schools and accuses Canon Gregory's circle of bias against education reform. The writer predicts extended, heated clashes between church authorities and the state backed school system, lamenting past politics and urging national instruction progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon Gregory
St. Peter's
St. Peter's Church
St.Peter’s Chapel
Forster
Improvement of the Police Force Letter to the Nonconformist
William Tallack argues for reform in the police service noting patrols are well behaved yet need smarter detection and higher educated inspectors. He calls for better pay and superannuation handling, fair promotion, and independent travelling inspectors to standardize practices across districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lowe
Emma Jackson
Bloomsbury
Cannon-street
Clara Burton
Great Coram-street
Hessell
Blackfriars Bridge
Hoxton
London
Home Office
William Tallack
Loward Association
Bishopsgate Without
E.C
Recollections and Palestine Survey Notes Reach Halhul Camp
Earl Russell works on his Recollections while the Palestine survey resumes near Halhul four miles from Hebron. Lieut Conder arrives in Jerusalem on September 22 and the party gains Lieut H H Kitchener to join the RE unit. A Midland Railway crash near Listree reveals a tragic case where a woman's fiancé letter carrier is found dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Russell
Survey of Palestine
Lieut. Conder
Jerusalem
Halhul
Hebron
H. H. Kitchener
R.E. Ture Lerver
Midland
Listree
Walter Gill
Bristol Liberal meeting honors Colston memory in Colston Hall
Mr Richard and Mr Morley, MPs, attended the Anchor Society dinner at Colston Hall Bristol in memory of Edward Colston. The event drew about 300 guests including the mayor and Earl of Ducie. Speakers defended religious liberty and urged Parliament to focus on governance rather than church affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchor
Liberal) Society
Colston Hall
Edward Colston
Bristol
Mark Whitwell
C. J. Thomas
Earl of Ducie
K. D. Hodgson
Morley
Kingscote
Parliament of
England
Hodgson
House of Commons
Mr. Hodgson
Gloucester
J.F. Norris
Liberal
Earl Ducie
Richard
Henry Richard
M.P
Norris
St. Stephen’s
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