NZ School Girls
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NZ School Girls Rush Exchange Plan
r[E New Zealand Education Department was thrown inta confusion in August following an announcement that plans were in hand for a holiday exchange of] school children between New Caledonia and New Zealand during the coming summer holidays.
A similar exchange plan has operated for years between Aus tralian and New Caledonia schools.
There were 30 vacancies on the aircraft but it was thought unlikely that a full load would be obtained in New Zealand as each child had to find £5O fare-money. Within a few days, however, some 17C secondary students had made application for the trip and a further 100 had advised that they expected to be able to “raise the wind” from their parents in time; Only 30 of the applications were from boys.
It is understood, however, that no provision in excess of 30 tourists each way is possible.
It is intended that the exchange plan will become an annual eventl not only to promote friendly re lations between the two countries but to give students an opportunit: to develop the neighbouring language as part of their schooc studies. Pupils will live in thu homes of the respective pupils frorr the other country. • The fact that 140 girls want U make the trig and only 30 hoys ft interesting and significant as * post-war trend.
The number of young womex who leave Australasia each yeas, for working holidays in the UK faz outnumber the young men. Eithei the enterprise and spirit o adventure is passing to the keepim of the female of the species; a modern economics tend to restrio the activities of young men in tit same age group.
While the girls are off typim their way around the world, It painfully crawls onto the bottov rung of a vrofessional ladder. El the time that his girl is back fro:(. some years abroad, he can marrv her —and then for the next 20 yea,i can look forward to devoting hs energies to paying the instalment on the family washing-machine, T\ set, car and surburban villa.
Oddly enough, the modern your man seems to accept this lit pattern; but round about 1980 vs may expect to see the moc advanced of them produce som>s thing in the nature of a mao suffragette movement.