HC Deb 10 August 1905 vol 151 cc960-1
MR. MACVEAGH

asked if the attention of the national board of Education had been drawn to a speech delivered by a National School teacher at Bambridge, at an Orange Lodge meeting, in which he said he would do everything he could to destroy the power of Rome. Did the Board consider these proper sentiments to be given utterance to by a national school teacher.

MR. WALTER LONG

said the attention of the Board had not previously been drawn to the matter, but he was now inquiring into it. Teachers were enjoined to avoid political meetings and abstain from political controversies. One case recently occurred in which a man's salary was withheld because he had taken part in a political meeting.

MR. MACVEAGH

Yes, and in that case the teacher was a Nationalist.