SUMMER VACATION.
PROPOSED ALTERATION. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 13. The '’Attorney-General (Sir Thomas Sidey), in an interview discussed further details of his proposal that the long summer vacation should bo held in February and portion of March, instead of during December and January, as at present. The Minister, who made it clear that he was expressing only his own personal views, referred also to the bearing on the Question of the problem of stabilising Easter and of the possible extension of daylight saving for another month annually. He suggested the following primary school items, for discussion by school committees this month:
First term, March 2 to June 12 (14 weeks); second term, Juno 29 to September 25 (13 weeks); third term, October 12 to January 22 (15 weeks). A fixed Faster, such as he. had in view, would come about tiro fifth week of the first term. He thought' that the hour of daylight saving might be extended to the third week in April. ‘ . :
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 117, 14 April 1930, Page 7
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165SUMMER VACATION. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 117, 14 April 1930, Page 7
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