CHILDREN'S STRIKE
QUEJSTION IN-HOUSE t An echo 'of the school children's strike at Mangapehi because of the nbn-provisipn;of a school at Benneydale was heard in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon.-■ Mr. W J Broatlfoot (National, Waitomo), in'an" urgent question, asked the Minister of Education to indicate what steps had been taken to make available school facilities at Benneydale.". The Minister (Mr. Mason V m a lengthy reply, said that thu position had been under consideration lor some I'me Local ■ residents had protested against the action of the Auckland Education Board in proposing the erec tion of a two-roomed school at Benneydale, the local residents wanting a consolidated 'district high school fit Benneydal<? to • serve the whole district The board objected to this. Step's had-'Since been taken for the acquisition- of a site in Benneydale to enable the: board's original recommendation to'be-proceeded with. In the meantime, the Benneydale, children were being t-ransported to Mangapehi.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 150, 26 June 1943, Page 6
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