Complaints rejected
<NZ Pre<« Association) AUCKLAND, April 27. Booksellers’ complaints about subsidising bookbuying by teachers were criticised tonight by a spokesman for the teachers. The chairman of the Auckland Post-Primary Teachers’ Association (Mr R. E. M. Hodge) said teachers were given a 10 per cent discount on books bought for school use.
‘The school booksellers also do a great deal of business with secondary schools, especially through the free text-book grant,” he said. “We cannot see what they have got to growl about We believe their mark-up could be as high as 50 per cent. So after a reduction of 10 per cent for teaches or 20 per cent for bulk orders (under the free text-book grant) they still make a handsome profit.” Mr Hodge scid the P.P.T.A. would like to see some figures of booksellers markups on education books before taking up the matter further. ,
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32902, 28 April 1972, Page 10
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146Complaints rejected Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32902, 28 April 1972, Page 10
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