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to school children would involve so j la,-e an expenditure that the Govern- | menv could no, undertake it ai pies- i cut." si ami the .Minister tor liduen- j lion in a printed reply to a question by I Mr. V. Witty. M.P. -'lt should be j noied i he added! that the majority of j parents are ouite well aide to pro-, ido | Looks for their children, and that pro-j
vision is also made for snpplyin, free seliool books iii all necessitous cases certified to bv the-hoadtcaoher. With regard to the question of books to be j supplied at cost price by the Slate, I ! have (o say that a very large amount; of work has been done bv tho depart-! meat in preparation for such a pin... | and that the director is to report as to I whether a practicable scheme can be j provided presently." ;
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Otaki Mail, 23 July 1923, Page 3
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