An English movement in favour of primrose yellow “blackboards,” on which writing is done in blue chalf, is mentioned in “National Education,” the organ of the New Zealand Educational Institute. The writer, Mr H. J. Thornton, secretary of the Nelson Education Board, writes that he brought several of the boards from England last year and distributed them to teachers, but in almost all cases the opinions given were unfavourable. He has since learned that the English experiment is being gradually abandoned, and his own view is that the dark green composition boards used in New Zealand with white chalk are difficult to improve upon.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 June 1939, Page 8
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