DELAY IN PRINTING SCHOOL JOURNAL

Chronicle (Levin), 17 August 1946, Page 7

DELAY IN PRINTING SCHOOL JOURNAL

—P?-ess Associatior

- By Tslegraph-

WELLINGTON, August Iti. llr. -M. II." Orani (Alanawatu), in ai ; urgenl quest,ion in the liouse, asiced thi , -Mmister of Health (Alr. Nordmeyer) il . his attention had beeu drawn to thi - delav in the publication of the EcIiooj .lournal, and was he aware tliat in manH\ sehools work was seriousJy disrupted lieeause a suitable aJternutive ruatoria] for rteading lessous was uot available. llr. Oram added in a note to his ques lion that the Education Instituto was advised earlier that the delay was due to printing dilHeultios, but since tliis exeuse was odered they have seen distrib'uted throughout Ncw Zealand a Government publication 011 the Douiinion 's war elfort, which absorbed more ]iaper and required more work than wouhl be involved in the issue oi Ihe tliree issues of the Sehool Journal whieli were now in arrears. Aparl from its niamfest political propagundn, teaehers did not regard Ihe "war ro eord" as suitable for use as reading matter in sehools. -Mr. Nordmeyer, in reply, said he was aware of the delay, but every elfort was being made to overeonu? the shortages of stnlf. dillieulties in the Government l'rjnting Ofliee, and in the printing industry generally. "The -Tane issue ha-? now been jirinled, and will be distributed to sehools shortly," added ihe Minister. " I( is not correcf |'o say ihat seliool work has been soriI ously disrupted by the delay." The •tsserl ions. arguments and opinions eoniaiiied in ihe note to the quostion eoneeriiing New Zealand \s "war reeord " j were irreh'vant to the issue. llr. W. A. Dodkln (Centrul Otago) : Aauther sliortage. Mr. .1 '1'. Watts ( .Riccarton! : A very loor answer. Mr. J. Thorn (Thames) : A very ioor question.