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SCHOOL BOOKS.

1 (To the Editor.) Sir, —When are we to expect reason in regard to school books? During the ;- past few weeks my children have been -'* asking for additional lesson books. Not v content with the ordinary readers (and G there are three used in some classes) >- the children are now required by the £ teachers to procure copies of "Coral a Island," and "The Last of the Mohicans." Sir, is it not getting ridiculous and even cruel to the parents? I hope .' public opinion will be aroused by this y letter, and that soon something definite [1 will be done in regard to our "free" edu- ' cation, and a uniform system of school c books. —I am, etc., PARENT.

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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 149, 24 June 1908, Page 8

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SCHOOL BOOKS. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 149, 24 June 1908, Page 8

SCHOOL BOOKS. Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 149, 24 June 1908, Page 8