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INTER-SCHOOL LETTERS
AThSTRALIA AND BRITAIN,
SYDNEY. Tuesday.
The first batch of replies from English
sehool children under the juvenile corre
apoodence serv:re scheme inaugurated
last year by the F_'eeral Commission for
the British Empire ~xhibltion, has ar
rived in Sydney.
The chairman of the New South Wales
commission for the British Empire Ex
hibltioin (M'r. Farrar) said to-day that the
objeot of the movement was to develop
a better spirit and to foster a fluer mu
tual understanding between the residents
of Great Britain and Australia. Head
tmasters and head mistresses at a select.
,ed number of schools throughout the
.ta-te were communir.ated with, as a Te
sult of which 704 echools parbicipated.
f'be number of scholars Who wrote letters
totalled 18,455.
'The communications urged the juvenile
addressees to visit the EThlbition and
then to tell the writers what they thought
of the Australian exhibit. The chilaren
also sent postcards whichl contained col
oured pictures a' Australian birds, a.i
Ltels, and flowers.
The offcial report of the scheme said
M?rt the results v.cre apparently const
'dered so satisfactory that the correnos
glon was requested to undertake the can.
tinlation of the service. The total num
1er of 'English schola's who answered
'ion ona?carions was 7e4.
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