FIRE PREVENTION.
TRAINING IN SCHOOLS.
DEPUTATION TO MINISTER.
COMPULSION NOT FAVOURED.
(By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.)
WELLINGTON, this day.
Representations to the Hon. R. Masters to Lave fire prevention compulaorUy taught as a subject in the State schools were made by a deputation from the United Fire Brigades' Association and the Institute of Fire Engineers this afternoon.
In promising to give the request consideration the Minister said that if all the subjects suggested at various times were to be made compulsory, the agitation regarding children being crammed would be intensified. It was a question in the present instance of how far ifc was possible to go in the direction of making the teaching of fire prevention compulsory. He appreciated that, through the children, the parents would be reached. In the event of it not being possible to make the subject compulsory, he would make special representations to the teachers and education boards to see if the subject could be taught voluntarily.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 261, 3 November 1932, Page 10
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