AUCKLAND TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 96, 24 April 1901, Page 2

AUCKLAND TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

The monthly meeting of the Council of the Technical School Association was held at the office of the secretary (Mr J. H. Mackie) on Friday l£st. There were present Sir Maurice O'Rorke (President), in the chair, and the following other members:—Prof. Brown and Messrs Frazer, Holland and Bartley. The President announced that as the Board of Education had decided to take over the Technical School it devolved upon the Council to make the necessary arrangements for formally handing over the control to that body. He referred to the difficulties encountered in establishing the School in 1895, and the struggle which it had been to keep it going, owing to the inadequacy of the funds available prior to the passing of the new Manual and Technical Education Act of last session. Sir Maurice expressed the hope that under the auspices of the Board the scope of the School would be materially enlarged and that it would soon become one of the most important institutions of its kind in the colony. The new site in Wellesley-street which had been placed at the disposal of the Education Board for the purposes of a technical school was admirably adapted for the purpose, upon which could be constructed a school worthy of the city. With ample accommodation evening continuation classes should be established, as they were a most necessary adjunct to technical education, and would be a great boon to the artlzan class. Sir Maurice referred to the very pleasant relations which had always subsisted between himself and other members of the Council, some of whom he was pleased to know had been appointed as an Advisory Committee to the Board for carrying on the school work. He also spoke of the services rendered to technical education in Auckland by their secretary (Mr Mackie), who had devoted much time to the cause even before the school was established in 1895; in fact, it was through his exertions that the Association was formed and the school started. He hoped Mr Mackie's services would be retained by the new management. A committee, comprising Messrs Bartley, Herbert and Fowler, wa? appointed to assess the value of the property of the Association, and, with Prof. Brown, to make the necessary arrangements for formally transferring the school to the Education Board on Saturday, 4th May next.