IN VICTORIA.
A : ohoolmaster innpeotor m Vio^oria writes thus : "I found that only a few >f tho children know that the British la'ee, so eftan shown them on the map, were the places from which, speakii g generally, their fathers and mothers cam*) >t Quinn Victoria the knowledge w»a very indefinite. Of the ?rinc« of Walos m whore honor they had lately kept iioiiday, tho knowkdq;e was a ill loos. Wit-hißg to ascertain vthethbi- thay undor.stood what his future rank would bo I nsked what he would ha whon Qua n Victor. a died. The only rep y I> ot '«.- 'rom a little girl ; 'Ploa*so, kw, ua orphan.' Vdißt could (e r l mo t'i»f. tho cmiir.g holidays wore givon ou ace uut of Chri^trnati D/»y ; bat to the qm<Btinnß : ' Why do we ktep Ch is : »nai i> i »j ? whit do we celebrate on that day 1 the only nnv.v*T was tho racfß !' Thl», I need aoarooiy say, 08 me from a boy,"
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1451, 8 January 1887, Page 3
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164IN VICTORIA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1451, 8 January 1887, Page 3
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