NO CHANGE
GOVERNMENT EDUCATION POLICY
AND SECTARIAN SCHOOLS.
(Per Tress. Association. —Copyright.)
WELLINGTON, November 2d
The legislation committee of the Grand Orange Lodge of New Zealand recently telegraphed;to the Prime Min/ isster' (inquiring whether i There . was &'J possibility that the GqVefn'ment’s attitude in opposition to state , aid to: sec- \ tarian schools. might be changed,' ancL] drawing attention to the . statement attributed to . the Minister of Educa- | tion at New. Plymouth that the present ' policy of refusing suoli aid might not 1 always be the policy of the Government. Tlie Hon. G. W. Forbes replied that the matter had been referred to- TheMinister of Ecffic'a'tion, wild replied' that, at no time, had he suggested a departure from the existing policy of free, 5 compulsory, secular education. The Minister also said.: he deemed it his duty to visit private schools whose children were examined by .his -insepet-. ors, and it was.frongtp assume that .a few words of appreciation of the woiu being done indicated any change of.policy.' ... . Mr Forbes stated the Government at present had no intention of changing the existing policy.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1935, Page 6
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