LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE
RAISING OF SCHOOL AGE OBJECTION REAFFIRMED AUCKLAND, April 18. The annual conference of the New Zealand Labour Party was continued, Mr P. Fraser, M.P., presiding. One of the keenest discussions of the day took place on the Government’s policy of the raising of the school age. The conference unanimously decided to reaffirm the party’s objection to the raising of the school age from five to six years on the grounds that this action on the part of the Coalition Government was inimical to the best interests of the children, parents and teachers alike, and increased the difficulties of school committees. A proposal that it should be the function of a State bank to bring about a progressive reduction in interest was referred to a committee appointed to revise the policy of the party. A similar course was taken with a proposal to extend the functions of the State Advances Office to include provision of all credit necessary for the establishment of secondary industries, natural to and in the interests of the Dominion as a whole. Mr F. Langstonc, M.P., was elected president, in succession to Mr W. J. Jordan, M.P., and the Rev. C. L. Carr, M.P., was elected vice-president.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 107, 19 April 1933, Page 5
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