PEACE CELEBRATIONS
CLOSING OF SCHOOLS (P.A.) .WELLINGTON, April 30. Confirming the Hon. W. Nash's announcement that schools will close the day the war in Europe is officially elared over and on the following day,* the Minister of Education, the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, asks that before the schools are closed the children be assembled and the significance of the occasion briefly explained to them. In the primary schools the ceremony of honouring the flag will be performed, and other schools are asked to have some appropriate ceremony. After that it rests' with the local authorities whether or not the schools participate in other community ceremonies.
In the event of peace iu Europe being declared after school hours, the schools will close the two following days, and will have a ceremony when they reopen. Should peace come during the school holidays there will be no special extension of those holidays.
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Evening Star, Issue 25471, 30 April 1945, Page 4
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150PEACE CELEBRATIONS Evening Star, Issue 25471, 30 April 1945, Page 4
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