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BY FEDERAL PARLIAMENT
IN ESTIMATES DEBATE CANBERRA.-Several Federal members, from all political parties, made strong pleas in the Commonwealth Parliament for Government aid to independent schools during the Estimates Debate in the House of Representatives. One of the most challenging calls for educational justice was made by veteran Country Party member Mr. David Drummond (New England), a former New South Wales State Minister for Education, who described the burdens borne by Catholic parents as "a scandalous
state of affairs." PRIME
MINISTER
R. G. MENZIES told the House that he had in pre-
"Inequitable"
will be created and there will be an economic loss. "How much more does that apply to the 500,000 children I have mentioned, "I have no time for these who raise sectarian issues on this took of edv-ation. That is quite an unworthy ap-
"Among those 500.000 children are 320,000 Roman Catholic children-do not let us whisper it; let us tell the cation. world-and there are 180,000 When this White Paper children in other indepenhe dent schools. was produced, he said, proach. would welcome an oppor"The parents of those chil"We must face this as an tunity to give members a dren are making their coneducational question. If, by chance to debate it. the to inadequate tributions of the fact of a burreason MR. F. CHANEY (Perth) given to the States, den unfairly carried, 500,000 said he did not think it was grants in addition, are, they necessary to have a Federal and Continued on Back Page. for the education of enquiry to learn about edu- paying their own children. ,111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111l cation in Australia. "I believe that this is a Speaking of his own electorate, he said: "I know that scandalous state of affairs. the great percentage of mi- I believe that it is an ingrant children are not being equitable state of affairs. educated at schools which The fact that a quarter of are controlled by the State. the children are being About 90 per cent of the brought up in circumstances children at one school in my of such inequity could drive electorate are migrant chil- a wedge into the community and create bitterness that dren. "There is not one State should not be permitted. "I do not believe the inteacher in that school nor is there one building or any dependent schools should be facilities which have been given grants from the Government to the extent of provided by the State. £50,000,000, but I do believe they should be given bursary assistance and something to meet the cost of "The allocation of loan funds to our State takes into teaching. "As the honourable memaccount our migrant intake, and that is the reason why ber for Barton (Mr. additional funds have been Reynolds) pointed out, if children are poorly taught made available. "Most of the statements in State schools an injustice which are made on this subject are made without due regard to the facts. "Although I admit that a tremendous amount can be done in relation to education and as a parish priesi, in a ST. - CYPRIEN - DES in Australia, I would apply suburb of Algiers. In 1958 ONE :ITTAFS (Algeria): The the first remedy not particuhe was appointed to St. to the schools but to the inundated bodies of two Cyprian's as an assistant. homes of the people who missionaries m u r dered During the recent revoPRIEST supply the schoolchildren. lution, many priests were by terrorists have been "I believe that great hardseized by the rebels. Some found in a ravine near ship exists in families which ESCAPED were killed, but most of are trying to educate chilhere. them were freed after an dren." An Algerian Ministry of internment in the midst of Fathers Paul Py, W.F. In his speech, Mr. Drum(61) and Bernard Chas - Information communique rebel troops where they mond said all the money sine, W.F. (58), parish said: "The murder of the had been taken to care for that New South Wales can priest and curate of St. two Catholic priests is an wounded insurgents. acquire from the CommonFather Py and Chassine parish here, inexcusable criminal act. Cyprian's wealth for education inwere kidnapped from their The authorities have firmly were the fifth and sixth directly is spent upon the decided to find the culprits White Fathers to be killed residence. public schools. Attackers came during and treat them with all the in Algeria since 1957. "The Premier of New This town, located about the night of October 5-6 rigours of the law. South Wales, and other PreBoth priests were French. halfway between Algiers and forced the door of the miers, make the case that seized Father Py, a native of and Oran, was founded in residence. They the amounts available are Fathers Py and Chassine, Besancon, was ordained in 1872 by Cardinal Lavigerie, not sufficient, yet some He had formerly the founder of the White forced them into a car and 1927. 500,000 children 25 per drove off. Shots were heard served as superior of all Fathers, as a refuge for cent of the children of AusFathers in Al- children orphan& ,1 by a the White shortly after. tralia are being educated A third priest escaped geria and Tunisia from famine which had hit Aloutside that system. into the darkness by jump- 1948 to 1958, and was ap- geria. They were the couning over a wall surround- pointed parish priest of St. try's first Arab converts. "The cost in New South St. Cyprian's parish also ing the residence. He spent Cyprian's in 1958. Wales of primary and secFather Chassine, born in serves the nearby towns of the night wandering ondary education is about around the countryside and Chartres, was ordained in Ste -Monique and Carnot. £100 a head, so something returned to the residence 1931. He had served as a All told, the area hot about like £50,000,000 has to be missionary in the Sahara eight hundred C,tholies. found by the parents of at daybreak. these other children.
paration a factual statement about the Commonwealth in relation to edu-
Migrant Intake
Mutilated Bodies Found
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When the 'Roma' docked at FremanMonday tle on morning, one family group of the 110 migrants Spanish was
every sign of being content with their lot and what is being done for them. By the time the programme has been completed, nearly a thousand Spanish migrants wilt have been brought to W.A.
immediately
The new influx of migrants to the West wilt work on such projects as the £41,000,000 KalgoorFATHER ISIDORE, a lie -Perth rail standardiBenediAine Spanish sation scheme; the estabfrom New Norcia, who lishment of a £40.000,000 is caring for the spiriiron and steel works; a tual welfare of the £7,000,000 oil refinery; a migrants, is pictured £ 10,00Q.,000 alumina retalking to, Mrs. E. Ruiz finery at Kwinana; and a holding baby Maria new £10,000,000 power Carmen, while Sanstation near Collie. tiago, Esperanza and In the period of great young Tomas wait for migration schemes after some word of Dad. war 1949 to 1956 ten WHERE WAS DAD? thousand migrants passed through the H o 1 she n Shown with Nurse Centre. Joan Moore is the The Director of the Holmissing father. He den Immigration Centre was taken to Freis Mr. A. B. Smith, who Hospital, has mantle had wide experience where it is expected in the administration of that Mr. Ruiz will immigration centres for have to stay for a the Immigration Departcouple of days. ment. The Northam branch of This is the third group the Catholic Women's of Spanish migrants to League along with other arrive in Western Aus- civic bodies in the area tralia, the other two com- have done their best to ing earlier by plane. They make the new arrivals have been settled in the welcome in their new Holden Migration Camp country. at Northam, where they Mass is said for them are learning English and each Sunday by Father awaiting placement in Isidore, who is at present employment. using a Mass kit supplied E from Northam, but is All of the first grbup and some of the second anxious to acquire a set have already been alio- of vestments for the eated jobs. All show Centre.
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NO ADORATION YET AT CENTRE
Memorial Centre * THE CHAPEL in the All Saints' Work still going on
is is not yet open to the public. at the Centre and the chapel should be ready about mid -November. An announcement will appear when adoration of the Blessed Sacrament will commence.