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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 931, 2 July 1903, Page 4

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The New Zealand Band is advertised extensively at Home as “ The Famous Band ! An Enormous Attraction !” Evidently it c’an blow its own trumpet. It will learn a iot 'before it completes its travels. Education in blew Zealand is free, bccular, and compulsory. This is why a great many schools in the colony have to get up concerts to buy firewood so that the scholars shall not freeze while assimilating their free, secular, and compulsory education. Only a month ago, a country Board found that when the charwoman called round for her wages there were no funds to draw on. The inevitable “ social ” took place, although the committee did not say it was in honor of the charwoman. The Kaiapoi School Committee recently had to borrow from the prize fund in order to pay the caretaker 1 Whon one is reminded every ten minutes that New Zealand surpluses are getting more plethoric every year, and considering that education is of the first importance, one naturally asks why some of this fabulous wealth cannot be used in buying firewood, paying charwoman, and caretakers.—Lance.

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