Aliss Margaret McMillan, a leading kindergarten worker in England, recently founded a school for the poor children at Deptford, London, at which tlie commencement pgo is two years. She defends this etifty beginning with the contention that tho first .few years of childhood are wasted under most educational systems of to-day. Her efforts are being watched with interest by educational authorities in many parts of tllC world, and the Department of Public Instruction in London lias been so impressed that it now gives- her a .little monetary assistance.
Of the 4,O(H>,IIOO women employed in British industries, about lO.oiH) arc engaged in mining ami 225.006 in- engineering.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 November 1926, Page 18
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