CO129-603-3 Education Department- revised grant code 24-1-1949 - 28-12-1949 — Page 8

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xom p. 3 of evel. 2 to (3) on -48 file

para. 8 of encloset (9) to (9).

He is most unlikely

Board

to accept the enforcement with out further reference

decision of the of a majority

to London of

the

142 which would have the affect of Copping about £250000 off the annual revenue

of the Anglican schools,

Cute Cor

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M. Wallace

(7)-(9) a M. Cox's minute above.

You will recall this bone of contention

Mr. Rowell; (16) % (17)

between Bishop Hall &

or last

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year's pp. record the discussine

took part. sidering only

with them in which

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We are uno

of the Grant Code; agreement

Code; agrement has been

reached issue.

3

le-37

on the other clauses which were at

This Clause restricts the school various specified

subscriptines, to meet-

expenses, which manager may

maximum

g

50%

charge,

of

the ordinary

There is

tuition fees. for fees, but they

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within the meaning of

increas in them.

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the Code, a an is therefore by a decrease in

counter balance scriptines do rest count

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income.

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We have felt

4

Same

Sympathy

with

the Bishop's contentions, and have talan the view that the difference between

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Mr. Rowell

Shoes Suttle without

since it

involved

Was

me which they intervention, educational policy.

agreement

Para. 8 of (16)/1948 records the

that

as

was reached here last September

the Director wod..

the Bishop

Y

discuss adjustments of e

not to limit the ammurt

which

might

porn. 7, as clear that

will

we

be collected,

did

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of subscmptines

and

from

from (17) /1948, it is

expect to be

further

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But the Bishop. in (7), a hm. Rowell, in (8), have both appealed to hm. Cox ove their inability to quorice each other oon Cl. 37.

In Rowell cites his new

Cl-37A:

which would

be alternative to those

Bishop objects,

existing provisions to which the

4 claims that

grant & for

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its

restrictim on

provisions

for

a

block

Subscriptines

proposal

meet the Bishop's wishes, that the

to reduce the

grant by the amount of

subsciplines grans by

collected over 50% is

Hasoiable & had in

Bishop

any

only

been

for

the Bishop. The pesinedly conceded by the Bishop

in effect agrees to this, as

grant goes, wally the ent is to

cut win

the principle of a takes exception to the wally be made, saying that t seintroduction of Al.

offering instead

retum for the

and

cut in

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without restriction.

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amounts

to a

in another shape,

to

as

accept a flat 10% to fix charges

night

he

fell there is some

the Rishet Sayyid 1948 warrants

further than

what was

last

in what

rather

in interpreting On the

Yerishes to break

other hand, he clearly

agreed free of Gost antrol, to his

fully convincing in

not

the arguments

light of

the satisfaction which all the

schools have

revised Code.

the

Anglican

to

wed

judge

non.

ake

expressed with

It is hard for

the issue here, & my feeling

Loc

But M. Cox

should stay ond of it!

that a

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educational principle is coming the

fells

new

questim of

Board of

be involved, have and

two parties reach agreement Education meeting

matter send. be

referred

at a

the 144 Oct., the

to the ACEC Sub Committer which was previously considering the Code ( further conson. being deferred

the resolution

pending

He is that

of

there differences). anxious, I think for good reason, hn. Rowell shd. bomow of this

proposal before he takes

an attitude

up the 14d Out. which will precipitate, final deadlock,

has drafted two telegums.

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If these don't clear the air, we shall have dead

then be the position comed the Grant Code,

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presumably revised by the

that

new

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for approval, & that the P.fl. we refer it the ACEC Sub-Cittee with the protests of the Bishop, representing the Auglican

on this Clause the

Schools who are

in the

opposition minority Education. Having

Having got the SAS ed. pass

HK Board of

the ACEC views,

them on,

in their light he was as

to approve be į

Crisider

Ithe Code,

he cd.

adding that was not prepared

as the case

might

ask the Governor to

them &

seeks again to reach the Bishop, pending

agreement with

hich he cd. wish to

But

obowate, there cod.

the Code.

of both

defer approving sides proved

with the Code

long

Situation

in the

down

Stép up into

the

impossible unapproved,

g

the Sys. Id. have to

into the

arenia

judge's seat, & Govenor

the draft tel. to the

it stands

or rather,

I think if

is to

go

we should first be clear in

our minds that the S.fl. will resolve

any

deadlock

with the aid of

after hearing both sides

ACEC; +

addition at the end included.

syl

of

that

that

my ms. aft. shd. be The necessity to approve the the factor that must eventually

Code is the factor

break

down

can

partus

cour

the earliin view that the Stand aside: unters the two

agree

Soon.

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