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GALLIPOLI FIGHT SCHOOL TEXT-BOOK. ‘ V ' > . ' LONDON, Dec, 12. “There is no need to lose our heads. •I imagine ex-servicemen could easily secure the withdrawal of the book from Victorian schools,” .said Sir lan Hamilton a press representative, referring to Hayes and Moon’s history. “I have just returned from America, and I; can tell you there is nothing in the world more bitter than the efight over school books, and instruction to the young. * ’ Professors Carlton J. 11. Ilaycs and Parker Thomas Moon, berth of Columbia University, are authors of an American text-book, “Modern History,” which was studied by Victorian candidates for tlic leaving school certificate this year. An extract from the book reads: '“Then the. British collected a motley army composed chiefly of colonial troops, and landed it on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula, close to the Dardanelles.' ’ And the authors modestly say: “The United Slates was the only great power that fought in the war without demanding or even desiring territorial gains for herself.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17452, 29 December 1930, Page 2
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