BETTER THAN SUMS
The Britishflag and what H. stands for was the subject of m address giv«rbj| the Minister of Education' (Hon. C. J. Parr) to the children-of th»Mira»»ar ■'■ public school yesterday afternoon, when the New-Zealand' ensigb: wm. unfvuled on the flag-staff; which has recently been erected in', the 'school / ground*. There was a representative attendance, including the Mayor (Mr. R.A. Wright, M.P.); the, teaching;staff,1 pfaenti,': and members of-the school committee. ■■"■"\1 ™ The Minister spoke "to the children in stirring .Iterm* of tlie grwtneia ofi-the Empire and,the,:high Z dutyriof iU ,iiitU' sens. ; |teferring;;te-the J;^nlmg;btr,Ui» nag and the weekly- singing- of- iht N*-' tional; said .that tJiai'^M better .than doing suras, geography, aa4 history, »nd the ceremony was on« the* would love and remember, ■' ■■' :
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 49, 26 August 1922, Page 11
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123BETTER THAN SUMS Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 49, 26 August 1922, Page 11
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