Chapter 39 Newspaper Published
September 27, 1900, on the streets of Sydney.
On this day, David Collis was walking on his way to get off work as usual. As an ordinary person with little ability, David Collis was lucky enough to enter the screening process of the Sydney police and was hired.
Although it is only in the training stage, I can still earn more than two pounds a month to support my family.
Being able to get this job makes David Collis very satisfied, so he is motivated every day and full of passion in training.
Passing by a newsstand, David Collis glanced at the stall instinctively. It was just a casual glance, but he didn't expect that the newsstands were all filled with the same newspaper, and there was also a very considerate advertisement next to it. The sign says that His Highness has issued a new policy.
Wait, Your Highness?
David Collis stepped back full of questions, grabbed a newspaper, took out a penny under the gaze of the newsstand owner, and handed it to the boss.
Holding the newspaper, David Corliss had long lost his previous calm expression. Although he was still walking on the road, his eyes were fixed on the newspaper, as if he wanted to pry into the whole newspaper.
Finally, after more than ten minutes of traveling, David Collis finally rushed home.
This is a house located on the outskirts of Sydney. Although the house looks a little shabby, it still feels a bit warm after it was decorated with simple flowers and plants by the David Collis family.
"David!" After hearing the sound, David Collis's wife walked out first, smiled and handed a glass of water, and then said: "How was today's training? Your commander probably didn't make things difficult for you, right? ?"
"Hahaha, how could it be? Today's training went very well, and the boss also paid me this month's salary. Look, it's a full two pounds, five shillings and three pence!" David Collis laughed. He said as he handed his salary to his wife.
"Oh! Thank God for allowing you to have such a good job. Together with the food we receive, it is enough for us to have a comfortable New Year." David Collis's wife took the gift with a look of surprise. Wei's salary, he said gratefully.
"The one you should thank is Your Highness, Emily. If it weren't for Your Highness, you wouldn't have received so much free food, and I wouldn't have been able to find a job with such a high salary." David Corliss interrupted in time. My wife made a mistake in her statement and corrected it.
"Oh, yes, please forgive me." Emily corrected her mistake in time and said to her husband with an apologetic look.
"Okay, Emily. Go and prepare dinner. I want to take a good look at this newspaper. It is said that His Highness has issued a new policy." David Collis picked up the newspaper he was thinking about and ordered to his wife. .
As newspapers from various states were integrated into one by Arthur, Australia's originally chaotic and disunified newspaper industry was basically controlled by Arthur.
There are currently two major newspapers in Australia, namely the Australian Daily, which focuses on life and entertainment, and the Victoria News, which focuses on political news.
Although the two newspapers are responsible for their own areas on a daily basis, when the government and the royal family have important policies and announcements, important news will be printed together.
The newspaper David Collis has in his hands today is the Victoria News. But because it is a special day, the content printed in any newspaper is the same.
Picking up the newspaper, there was a very conspicuous headline on the front, which clearly stated His Royal Highness Arthur's education policy.
When it came to education, David Collis' already attached great importance to it. He quickly concentrated on reading the news word by word.
The content of the news is actually very simple. Generally speaking, it is Arthur's several reforms in education and corresponding welfare policies. Not only the previously negotiated university enrollment, but also to improve Australia's basic education environment, Arthur will also invest at least two million pounds per year for ten years to encourage all Australian families to send school-age children to school.
To this end, the royal family will pay at least 40% of the tuition for each child, and all tuition and fees will be waived for children with good performance.
In order to take care of poorer families, Arthur promised to lend funds to students from poor families in the form of interest-free loans to meet their learning needs.
Scholarships are set up in all schools across the country, with the quota being approximately 10% of the total number of students in the school.
Under various policies, a large number of discounts have been provided to students in basic education and advanced education, and the problem of wanting to go to school but having no money to go to school has been basically eliminated.
It is conceivable that the new round of enrollment in Australian schools will be full, especially basic education, which does not cost much, will definitely have a large number of students.
Although most Australians are poor, they all immigrated from Europe anyway and know the importance of education, especially basic education.
Once these people have a choice, they will also choose to let their descendants have a good education, at least not one step behind others at the starting line.
"Oh! Emily! Emily! Come quickly!" Seeing this, David Corliss became a little uneasy and quickly called his wife.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Emily walked over quickly and asked in surprise at her fussy husband.
"Damn, look at this, Emily. Your Highness is going to invest money to improve the education situation. Now our children can go to school!" David Corliss said excitedly.
"Where?" Emily also came up and looked around.
"The royal family promises to pay 70% of the tuition fees, and the remaining 30% can be paid on their behalf and repaid after graduation?" Emily read word by word, her eyes full of disbelief.
"Establish a scholarship at the Australian National University, select at least 200 students with outstanding moral character every year, and award at least ten pounds in scholarships?" After reading this, Emily lost her composure and asked in disbelief: "Oh my God,
David, the scholarships for these students are almost half of your annual income. Doesn’t this mean that not only does it cost nothing to go to college, but it can also make you money? "
Yes, dear." Not only is Rick’s college education secured, we probably won’t have to spend any money at all! "David Collis nodded heavily and said to his wife.
Rick Collis is the only son of David Collis and his wife Emily, and he is also their pride.
He is only 19 years old . Rick Corliss is already a high school graduate who is envied by everyone, but because his family can't afford the expensive college fees, he has no choice but to give up.
But now it seems that Rick still has the chance to go to college . Hope, even without spending money.
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