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School Holiday For
Royal Wedding
State schoolchildren will be
given a public holiday to-morrow
in honour of the wedding of
Princess Elizabeth and
ant Philip Mountbatten.
This decision has been made
by State Cabinet.
The Premier, Mr. McGirr said
there would be no change in
arrangements already made for
holding the Leaving Certificate
examination, but State' school
candidates and teachers who
supervised the examination
would be given a holiday at the
end of the examination.
Mr. McGirr said the Cabinet's
decision applied only to schools
under control of the State Edu
cation Department.
What was done in other
schools was for those in control
to decide, he added.
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