Chapter 39 Newspaper Release

September 27, 1900, Sydney Street.

David Collis was walking on his way home from get off work as usual. As an ordinary person with little ability, David Collis was lucky enough to enter the Sydney police selection and was hired.

Although it is only in the training stage now, he can still earn more than two pounds a month to support his family.

David Collis was very satisfied to get this job, so he was full of energy every day and full of passion in training.

Passing by a newsstand, David Collis instinctively glanced at the stall. It was just an inadvertent glance, but he didn't expect that the newsstand was full of the same newspaper, and there was a billboard next to it, which said that His Royal Highness had issued a new policy.

Wait, His Royal Highness?

David Collis stepped back again with doubts, grabbed a newspaper, took out a penny under the gaze of the newsstand owner, and handed it to the owner.

Holding the newspaper, David Collis had lost his previous expression of indifference. Although he was still walking on the road, his eyes were fixed on the newspaper, as if he wanted to see the whole newspaper.

Finally, after more than ten minutes of walking, David Collis finally rushed back home.

This is a house located in the suburbs of Sydney. Although the house looks a little shabby, it can still show a bit of warmth after being decorated with simple flowers and plants by David Collis's family.

"David!" After hearing the voice, David Collis's wife came out first, smiled and handed over a glass of water, and then said: "How was the training today? Your superiors should not have made things difficult for you, right?"

"Hahaha, how could it be. Today's training went smoothly, and the boss also gave me this month's salary. Look, it's two pounds, five shillings and three pence!" David Collis smiled and handed his salary to his wife, saying.

"Oh! Thank God for giving you such a good job. With the food we receive, it is enough for us to have a comfortable New Year." David Collis' wife took David's salary with a surprised look on her face and said gratefully.

"You should thank His Highness, Emily. If it weren't for His Highness, you wouldn't be able to get so much free food, and I wouldn't be able to find a job with such a high salary." David Collis interrupted his wife's wrong speech in time and corrected her.

"Oh, yes, please forgive me." Emily also corrected her mistake in time and said to her husband with an apologetic look.

"Okay, Emily. Go prepare dinner. I want to take a good look at this newspaper. It is said that His Highness has a new policy." David Collis picked up the newspaper he had been thinking about and told his wife.

As the newspapers in various states were integrated into one by Arthur, Australia's originally chaotic and non-unified newspaper industry was basically controlled by Arthur.

At present, there are 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, they will print important news together when the government and the royal family have important policies and announcements.

The newspaper David Collis got today is the Victoria News. However, because it is a special day, the content printed in either newspaper is the same.

Picking up the newspaper, there is a very conspicuous headline on the front, which clearly states His Royal Highness Arthur's education policy.

Speaking of education, David Collis's already important heart became even more important, and he immediately concentrated and began to read the news without missing a word.

The content of the news is actually very simple. Generally speaking, it is about Arthur's several reforms in education and corresponding welfare policies.

Not only the previously agreed university admissions, in order to improve Australia's basic education environment, Arthur will also invest at least two million pounds each year for a period of ten years to encourage all Australian families to send their children of school age to school.

To this end, the royal family will pay at least 40% of the tuition for each child, and all tuition and miscellaneous fees can be waived for children with good performance.

In order to take care of poorer families, Arthur promised to lend money 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 about 10% of the total number of students.

Under various policies, a large number of preferential policies are given to students who are receiving basic education and advanced education, and the problem of wanting to go to school but having no money to go to school is basically eliminated.

It is conceivable that the new round of Australian school enrollment will be full, especially for basic education, which does not cost much, and there will definitely be a large number of students.

Although most Australians are poor, they are immigrants from Europe and know the importance of education, especially basic education.

Once these people have a choice, they will also choose to give their offspring a good education, at least they will not lag behind others at the starting line.

"Oh! Emily! Emily! Come on!" Seeing this, David Collis was a little uneasy and hurriedly called his wife.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Emily hurriedly walked over and asked her husband in surprise.

"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 two hundred 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, it actually makes you money? "

"Yes, dear. Not only is Rick's college secured, but we may not have to spend any money!" David Collis nodded heavily and said to his wife.

Rick Collis is the only son and pride of David Collis and his wife, Emily.

At just 1 year old, Corliss was already a high school graduate that everyone envied, but because his family really couldn't afford the expensive college fees, he had no choice but to give up.

But now it seems there is hope for Rick to go to college, even without spending any money.

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