SCHOOL COMMITTEES,
MINISTER APPLAUDS THEIR WORK By Telegraph.—Press Association. Darga ville, August 11. The Hon. C. J. Parr, speaking at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new brick infant school, the first of the kind in Northern Wairoa, said it would be an ill day when school committees were abolished. They were the direct representatives of the parents, and had saved the country thousands of pounds in the cause of education. While he was in power he would not attempt to weaken the power of local school committees. He deplored the fact that nearly 40 per cent, of our boys left school with only fourth standard certificates, and in his new proposals, some of which he outlined, was a scheme to get hold of these boys. He stated that the financial stringency was the only thing that stopped a lot of his proposed reforms being brought in. He was hopeful, however, that things would soon brighten up and allow him to carry out many much-needed reforms.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1921, Page 7
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