TEACHERS AND THE WAR
i> In i letter from the Wellington As- ' distant Masters' Association, read at a ; meeting of the Wellington Education Board to-day", reference was contained to .', teachers and military service. It was ; suggested that the pay of a teacher on, • active service should be made up to, " equal his salary; also that in the event of a teacher being found unfit for anything but home service, the board should I approach the Defence Department in an 1 endeavour to see that such teachers were I iiot employed, on any .other service but, ; J,he teaching of children—the best form' ■ of home service they could be engaged ', in. ...-:. ' ■.■■■■•■•■.■
; The Chairman (Hon. J. G. 1 W. Aitken.) said that the board had already dealt with the first suggestion in, the letter. It was decided, after some little discussion, to approach the Defence authorities supporting the suggestion regarding home service.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 8
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149TEACHERS AND THE WAR Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 8
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