SECOND EDITION. FREE SCHOOL BOOKS.
■ ♦ ■ ■ .; [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] " ' ") AUCKLAND, id-day. At the meeting of the Board of .Education, strong exception was talcen to statements fry the Minister of Education regarding free school Iwoks. Ho stated the grant offered ;ih» board! was sufficient to provide only the books deemed, necessary, which tho parents had willingly provided hitherto, but before the grant can bo 'made 1 the* Minister insists on the board certifying that nono of the pupils who are^ to have free books •• have been asked or required to buy any additional reading book which the grant would not provide, but which all concerned considered indispensable. , v ■'. ■"■•■■' It was resolved to co-operate with, other boards to have a more reasonable course followed'
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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 288, 9 June 1909, Page 5
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120SECOND EDITION. FREE SCHOOL BOOKS. Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 288, 9 June 1909, Page 5
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