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C ANBERRA: The Federal Government will allocate £5,000,000 a year to help in building and equipping science teaching laboratories in secondary schools throughout Australia. This announcement was made on March 5 in the House of Representatives by the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, and in Senate by Senator J. G. Gorton, Minister representing the Prime Minister in education matters. The Prime Minister said that from July 1, State schools would receive £3,750,000 a year and non-State schools £1,250,000. The allocation to non-State schools will be in two parts—one to Catholic schools and the other to nonCatholic schools—and will be shared on a pupil enrolment basis. The Prime Minister's announcement marked an historic change in Federal Government policy. • For the first time, money has been allocated to the States for specific education purposes other than universities; • For the first time direct Federal aid has been extended to non - State schools outside the Federal Capital Territory. Sir Robert said that the Commonwealth has made it clear to the States that it expects the sums so provided to be regarded as supplementary and additional to sums which the State would normally provide for education. In the case of non-Government schools, the Commonwealth will be solely responsible for deciding grants. To do so, it will adopt the following procedures: • It will allot the amount available for nonGovernment schools among the 'States, having regard to the population of each State, though in later years it may be necessary not to be too strictly bound 3n this regard; • The amount available for each State will then be divided into two parts. One part will be for the assistance to non-Catholic schools within the boundaries of that State and the other part for the assistance to Catholic schools within the boundary of that State. This division will be made by obtaining the number of secondary school pupils enrolled in non-Catholic schools and the number of secondary school pupils enrolled in Catholic schools and divid mg the sum available in proportion to those numbers as certified by the Commonwealth Statistiticlan. The statement read in the House of Representatives by the Prime Minister said: -It is clear that very many independent schools Will be seeking assistance and that the Common wealth will not, in the first Y ears of the scheme and
despite funds available, be able to assist all schools that are eligible. "It is intended, therefore, to select in each State schools to be regarded as those ‘vthich fall into a category meriting first cons:deration for assistance. "This selection will be done by the Commonwealth, having regard to the number of such students doing science courses,
the teaching facilities already available and similar criteria." The statement went on to say that this was a new scheme and would have to be tested in operation. In subsequent years it may develop that the State Governments would prefer the Commonwealth to consider some cther system of division between the schools. If they do agree that some other system is preferable in the future, and provided t h e Commonwealth is satisfied that an agreed proposal is just to all. the Commonwealth will always be prepared to listen to suggestions designed to make the scheme operate harmoniously and to the greatest benefit of the greatest number of Australian students.
25 Years At Aquinas College
Miss BETTY LAWLOR (24), a n air hostess with the Irish International Airlines, arrived in Perth on Monday evening to be present for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Three other hostesses are on similar visits to Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. While in Perth Miss Lawlor delivered a St. Patrick's Day
Reverend Brother M. F. REDMOND. of Aquinas College joined the Christian Brothers in 1906 and was first transferred to this State in 1916. Since that time, 48 years ago, Brother Redmond has worked in various schools here, including C.B.C. Fremantle and Clontarf Boys' Home, where he was the Superior. However, it is in association with Aquinas Col-lege that he has become one of the best-known and respected identities in Western Australia, since it was to that College that he was first sent as a young and vigorous sportsmaster. After a brief interval away from the College, he returned in 1939 and it is fitting that the 70th anniversary of Aquinas should coincide with celebrations to mark his 25 years of continuous service at that College. Until recent years, Brother Redmond held the position of sportsmaster, and his activities in this sphere have brought him into contact with many sporting bodies and personalities, all of whom hold him in the highest esteem for the standard of demeanour which he insisted on at all times. However, this was only one aspect of his work in the training of youth, and his past pupils are found in all walks of life where he is not only respected but even venerated for his selfless dedication to Catholic education. Brother Redmond celebrated the Golden Jubilee of his entrance into religion in 1956.
greeting to the Lord Mayor o f Perth from Dublin's Lord Mayor, Sean Moore. She also a ttended the St. Patrick's Day Mass at Subiaco Oval. Born in County Kilkenny, Miss Lawlor is one of a family of 11 children and has a n elder sister a nun in the Sacred Heart Convent, Highgate. The sisters had not seen each other for two years.
Miss Lawlor says that she h as found Perth more homely t han the other cities she has visited in Australia. "It is very pretty and modem," she said "And it is fast becoming my favourite city.Miss Lawlor intends to remain here until the end of t he month, when she will return to Dublin.
Two Nuns Wounded, Mission Sacked In New Red Terror LEOPOLDVILLE (The Congo). — Two nuns were wounded, their mission sacked and their school's pupils abused in new terror by communists in Kwilu Province. Christian missionaries in the province, one of the most densely populated areas of the Congo, have for weeks been the target of brutal attacks by fanatic warriors led by the Peking - trained Pierre Mulele. former Congolese Education Minister. Fragmentary radio reports reaching Leopoldville from Kikwit, capital of Kwilu Province, said Congolese soldiers beat off the new attack by the terrorists at the St. Andre. Mission on the outskirts of Kikwit. The two nuns reportedly were not seriously injured. The terrorists were said to have used some of the mission's 1.000 schoolchildren as human shields against Congolese soldiers who rushed to the mission's defence. The marauders were finally beaten off with bayonets. Four of them were reported killed. About sixty half-naked r ebels attacked the mission, which lies on the east bank of the Kwilu River, less than a mile from the centre of Kikwit.
No details were immediately available on how the nuns were wounded or how extensively the mission was sacked. The rebels have vowed .to rid the province of all white residents. Their attacks already have taken the lives of two Belgian lay Catholic teachers and wounded at least five other missionaries. Instances of terror are w idespread. Fifteen Trappist monks recently were isolated for about three w eeks by the rebels who surrounded their abbey at K asanza. The monks finally were rescued by U.N. h elicopters.
OTHER PAGES P3. Women in the Church. P4. International News. PS. Liturgy Article. P6. Letter from Rome. P7. Missionaries Expelled. P11 Social Pictorial. P12 Sport.