FREE SCHOOL BOOKS.
PROPOSAL MEETS OPPOSITION. BOOKSELLERS ALARMED. Ey Telegraph—Press Auoclat’.’cft. s Wellington, Last Night. Proposals for the free supply of school books for children attending schools has caused some alarm to booksellers in the city. A deputation waited on the Central Chamber of Commerce to-day, and sought to enlist its sympathy and cooperation to resist the proposal. It was pointed out that a large proportion of the profits of the sales of small booksellers were made from the sale of school books, and State control of these supplies would cripple many retailers. If nationalisation was ho be applied, why not to school boots'. The deputation denied that large profits were made. Thft expenses of such a State department would fall on the shoulders of the ratepayers, and another point stressed waft that the public revenue would lose thjj amount obtained by the taxation ow booksellers’ profits. . The Chamber promised to consider th< matter.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1921, Page 4
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154FREE SCHOOL BOOKS. Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1921, Page 4
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