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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 29, 1875
Page
4
The piece argues that school rates should be transferred to the district body responsible for levy and expenditure. It contends taxation and control in school matters must go together, dismissing the idea of funding schools by rates for a preferred denomination. It notes opposition from Nonconformists and warns ratepayers may demand control over their payments by religion.
The Marquis of Hartington presided at a Nottingham gathering urging expanded university teaching across towns. He warned of weak secondary education foundations and praised Cambridge for leading reform while supporting broader lectures and classes to raise national educational standards.
The Right Hon. W. E. Baxter MP speaks at a harvest home on his Kincaldrum estate. He urges modern farming capital and skill, criticizes ecclesiastical feuds, supports universal ratepayer suffrage, and calls for abolition of entail and primogeniture to widen land circulation and parliamentary representation.
The speaker notes the paradox of aging yet growing confidence in extending reforms. He argues that peaceful times warrant continued grand popular reforms that strengthened Britain, while Mr Baxter receives hearty cheers during the delivery of this speech.
A Berlin telegram reports Serbia mobilized its army amid Turkish frontier interference. Romania wavers on support. Belgrade halts militia drills but keeps men confined. Insurgents seek Turkish talks with foreign guarantees while devastation spreads. Counts of insurgents from Montenegro vary, with 10 000 on the Serbian side and 3 000 north.
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