THE BACK-BLOCKS.
If it is impracticable to send teachers t) isolated setters, the ' cost <f b larding their chil ireti in the nearest village might be subsidised by the Government. Money spent in this way would probably be justified, but it is very problematical indeed if the expenditure upon free school books will even be appreciated ty the majority of parents throughout the Dominion, says the "Clu tha Leader." Free school books have not been demanded by the, people, and the average parent would much rather buy his chil'3 the books necessary for its schooling than allow it to use thosa provided by the State. The proposal was really an attempt to buy votes at the recent election, and it is very satisfactory to know that the electors were not influenced by the sop thrown to them. We sympathise with the isolated settlers in the back-blocks, and would throw out the suggestion to the Minister to divert the money he proposes to squander on free plementary sehoolbooks to the much more sensible purpose of assisting the children of the pioneers to receive at least a rudimentary education.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3090, 12 January 1909, Page 4
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187THE BACK-BLOCKS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3090, 12 January 1909, Page 4
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