SCHOOL INSPECTORS' CONFERENCE.
(BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Wellington, this day.
Tiie School Inspectors' Conference yesterday resolvod thab examination in history as a class subject bo discontinued, history books to be used only as supplementary, the language of which will have to be explained by the teacher. Ib was resolvod bhab tho inspectors would welcome with great pleasure any attempt on the part of the Legislature in the direction of substituting a decimal system of money, weights, and measures for the presenb anomalous, bub time-honoured, varieby, which unnecessarily obstructs the progress of our children, makes the work of producing good calculation needlessly tedious, and stands in the way of improving the course of school instruction in other directions.
Wellington, this day. There were 52 bankruptcies in Wellington lasb year as againsb 47 in 1892. The bobal of liabilities was £15,132, againsb £12,810 in the previous year. Dividends paid £2,384, againsb £1,869.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 33, 7 February 1894, Page 8
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