FEWER CHILDREN
“ There has been a steady decline over the past few years in the number of children attending the primary schools in Southland, and the outlook for the future is even more depressing," said Mr S. Rice, chairman of the Southland Education Board, moving the adoption of the "report at the annual meeting of the Board last week. He said that the number of children in the primary schools of the province in 1942 was 10.856, whereas a few years ago it was well over 11,000. Because of the breaking up of homes and the loss of potential fathers because of the war, the outlook was even more depressing, and it seemed as if the schools were in for a veiw lean period. He hoped that there would be some system of selective immigration to help to build up the population of Southland.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25239, 31 May 1943, Page 3
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