Training the Young Idea

Maoriland Worker, Volume 5, Issue 176, 17 June 1914, Page 6

Training the Young Idea

The following paper set for the boys at Christ College examinations, shows the militarist hand- that is pulling the string, of this .Dominion in our "freo, national" schools: : CIVICS PAPER. 1. Draw a Union.: Jack, state what tho colours are, and account for the design. • .-,. '• ■■-•■ • ;...-.- ' 2. State as precisely ac you can. what you consider most noteworthy of five of 'the following:—The late Captain. R. F. Scott, Florence. Nightingale,. Charles Darwin, Huerta, Sir lan Hamilton, George Borrow, Tolstoi, Mozart, Confucius, Sir Edward Carson, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Redmond. 3. Describe the events which follow when a Government resigns office. Who •are responsible for the selection of the members of the next Government, and [how far is their choice restricted? '4. Explain the difference- between, rates and taxes in New Zealand. By whom is each levied, and to whom is each paid, and by whom is each expended? ■■'".■■ 5. What is meant by. the National Debt? What is, approximately, the National Debt of New , Zealand,' Is a National Debt a good thing or a bad thing for a country? •;■. •6. What is the present party in power in New Zealand called? Mention the chief members of the Ministry, and state what their duties are. 7..Explain what is meant by free place, custome, excise, a harbour board, "exceeding the limit," tho Bible-in-Schools League, prohibition, anti-mili-tarist, syndicalist. . . 8. What was the date of the chief provisions of the Treaty of Waitangi? 9. How ar© the Christchurch Public Gardens controlled, and who pays for tho upkeep? 10... What aro the chief arguments for and against the payment of Members of, Parliament ? 11. Who presides over the Arbitration. Court? Explain the method by 'which the business of this Court is conducted. 12. Explain the chief differences between tho Government of New Zoaland and the Government of Australia. 13. What were the first four ships? Give some description of their arrival and of the first years of the-settle-ment which they started.