SCHOOL COMMITTEE FUNDS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 264, 5 October 1933, Page 6

SCHOOL COMMITTEE FUNDS.

CARD TOURNAMENT HELP. REQUEST TOTPREMIER. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Oct. 4. A request to the Government to permit the passage through the House of Representatives this session of the School Committees Facilities Bill, which legalises euchre parties and other card tournaments with the object of raising funds for school purposes, was made by a deputation which waited upon lit. Hon. G. W. Forbes and the Minister of Justice, Hon. J. G. Cobbe, to-night. Mr R. Mciveen, M.P., said he had interviewed every member of the House and ail had signified their intention of voting for the Bill, with the exception of two who had stated that they would not speak or vote against it. Mr Forbes told the deputation that he would go into the matter with his colleagues to see what could be done to give relief to school committees, whose work was deserving of every encouragement. Mr R. Semple, M.P.: In the meantime, could the Minister of Justice advise the police to keep out of the picture ? Mr Forbes: It is only fair to say that the police have been very sympathetic. The trouble was that we found that certain people were runnning euchre parties for their own profit.