EDUCATIONAL
COMMITTEES' ASSOCIATION'S REQUESTS. ■
(BY TELEGBAPH —PRESt. ABSOtiATION.) WELLINGTON, Sep. 1. A conference of representatives of School Committees' Associations was opened to-day. Mr Nash, M.P., presided. The chairman considered that education had been starved, and moved a motion urging the Government to increase the annual grant to at least £3,000,000. The motion was carried.
It was decided that a Federation of School Committees' Associations be formed.
Among the resolutions carried was one recommending that an additional capitation allowance of 2s should be made by the Department. The Government was urged to supply all primary school books and requisites free, and that no concessions or subsidies be granted to private schools.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 2 September 1919, Page 4
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