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CHILDREN S TOUR, OF INVESTIGATION. aoI i t t\ - • •• O lIU' ROFV UUvtJ I LONDON, Oct. 2. The young oehool children C'onuiiunis ts have returned from Russia, despite whither they went, to learn the ways of Soviet rule. Despite .the lack of passports they were allowed to land at London Bridge,, the children each wearing a red scarf, a picture of Lenin and a new suit of clothes provided by young (Jonimunists of Russia. Clifford Roberts, aged 12, years, expressed admiration for the Soviet ochooi system. No canes were used, discipline being maintained by pupils’ councils.
Nancy Hall, aged 13, said the most thriLing treat was seeing a ballet in Leningrad from the ex-Tsar’s box. Billy Baker, a Londoner, said: “Tihe Russians are taught working-class history ; here we get boss history about dead kings. There they teach that you are not descended from God, but from, a monkey.” Norman Pa tori, aged 12, expressed the opinion that “revolution _,is the only hope for this world.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 4 October 1927, Page 5
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