To the Editor of the Norru-Cuina Dairy News."
Sir,—In your leader of last Monday our attention was called to the approaching increase of school fees. In to-day's Municipal Gazette I see that the parents of children will be expected to pay an increase of $3 per month from May on for schooling at the Municipal Schools.
Last year we had an increase of $2 per child, and now in less than a year another $3 is added on, making an addition of $5 per scholar to our expenses. I want to be one, at least, to protest against this big jump in the fees—the larger the family the heavier the parents will be hit.
I cannot speak froma technical point of view—neither can I quote Home percentages in comparison to those out here. But I can say with truth that I know many people who struggle to give their children a fair start in life who will be' badly hit. And it will mean much more screwing and pinching to meet the ever increasing monthly bills.
I would like to know in what proportion we have to help support the Chinese schools.
The scholars do not pay as much as ours for their European education, and I know that most of those who avail themselves of the Chinese Municipal Schools are the children of wealthy parents—and it is quite common to see these boys driving to these schools in their private vehicles and motor cars. Their parents could better afford paying the full cost of their children's education than the parents of children who attend our foreign Council Schools.
I would like to know, too, whether any of the gentlemen who pass these resolutions at the various educational committees are fathers of large families, say six or more children, with slender purses or not? From a woman's standpoint it seems to me that
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