EDUCATION AMENDMENT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23134, 5 September 1938, Page 10

EDUCATION AMENDMENT

POSTPONEMENT ANNOUNCED OTHER BUSINESS FOR SESSION [BY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON. Sunday A definite indication that the Education Amendment Bill will not bo proceeded with this session was given by the Primo Minister, Mr. Savage, in an interview yesterday. Tho bill was to have embraced many of tho proposals in the draft measure which camo before tho House of Representatives last March and on which evidence was subsequently heard by a Select Committee during tho recess. It would have been a largo and important bill, having the effect of consolidating all existing education laws, but, owing to tho demands placed on tho lawdrafting office in tho preparation of the Social Security Bill, it has been decided not to rush the Education Bill, but to allow' it to stand over until next year. Very few other measures will como before Parliament this session. According to tho Primo Minister, thero will bo a Finance Bill and a Statutes Amendment Bill, both of which will contain numerous miscellaneous provisions. Thero will also bo a minor Education Amendment Bill covering points which tho Minister of Education, tho Hon. P. Eraser, wishes to bo dealt with immediately, while other items will include legislation bearing on tho establishment of permanent _ health camps and tho usual "washing-up " bills.