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EDUCATIONAL BOARD I'.EFUSE TO TAKE OVER MAIN TEN AKUE.
At the meeting of the Bonrd of Education to-day the report of tho Comuutteo appointed to consider the position of tho Board in relation to the Auckland Technical School, and to roport on tho bocfc incan« for co-operating with and a r-?ißling tho school in their work of technical instruction, v/aa road. Mr J. H. Mackio, Secretary <■!' tho Tochuicil School, ant with the Coin mitteo.
Tho Committee reportod that they were of opinion that to take over the maintenance of tha school would entail ;i churgo upon the Board's funds of an ansnnnb approximating £500 a yoar after croditin<; the income derivable from foen and fr na Goverumont capitsvtion. Whi'o they vqcois-
nise tho importance of technical cducutlon they cannoh rocommsnd the Board to apply bo lorpoan amount from ibefunds, TheCommitt.eo also recorded their opinion that; iho Manual and Technical Elementary Inatruction Act, 1895, in it* present) lorm, doos nob adoquateiy meeb tho requiromenta of technical education.
In answer to Mr Woodward, the Chairman eaid tho report meant, that tho na'.ior wuh "sliolved" until they got v [;r?,nt from tho Government.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 286, 2 December 1896, Page 6
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191UNKNOWN. Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 286, 2 December 1896, Page 6
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