CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION

Patea Mail, 10 November 1939, Page 4

CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION

VISITS BY SCHOOL PARTIES DEPAIM’-MENT POLICY SOUGHT 'The policy to be adopted by the Education Department regarding visits by parties of school children to the Centennial ExLibitron at Wellington is to be sought by the Auckland Education Hoard following a discussion at a meeting recently. The board had before it two letters from head teachers asking permission to arrange visits by children from their schools. In 'the case of the Papamoa School, Bay of Plenty, the head teacher asked if it would be possible to arrange a special train for school children and others from the Bay of Plenty, probably in February or March, as, under the present time-table, it appeared that the children would have to travel all day and alt night, with a long stop at Frankton Junction. Mr. T. U. Wells: If (hey have, to travel all day and all night they should not'go at all 1 . P,etween 70 and SKI pupils had signified their intention of visiting the exhibition in December, said the head tc-achei of the Tanmarnmii District High School in asking for permission to ai range the trip. It was decided to refer the matter to the department.