No less than 24.9 per cent, of the soldiers entering the United States Army were illiterate —that was to say, they could not write a simple composition, and knew nothing about arithmetic, while many of them could not read or write. He did not think that anything like that could be laid at the door of primary education in New Zealand. stated Mr. T. B. Strong, at the educational Gonf»reac« at WelLngtoa,
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1921, Page 11
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72Page 11 Advertisements Column 5 Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1921, Page 11
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