SECONDARY FREE PL ACES.
A WELLINGTON PROTEST. WELLINGTON, August 10. The chairmen of 20 school committees j aiound Wellington waited on the Hon. j G. Fowlds, Mkus-tex of Education, to-day I to protest against the Wellington College j Governors' neglect to provide free places for girls holding proficiency certificates. Ths Minister threw upon the college governor all the responsibility, and intimated thait legislation might" be necessary to overcome their obstinacy. A valuable public -endowment must not be used practically as the preserve of children of well-to-do people. If the lack of accommodation was the trouble, he was willing to fu.d the money to extend it, but the Government would not spend money on l-iuichng* v. here free places were lefused. ,
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Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 14
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120SECONDARY FREE PLACES. Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 14
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