OFFER DECLINED.
FUTURE OF FLOCK HOUSE. TRAINING OF N.Z. GIRLS. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SCHEME. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., this, day. Kecently the Flock House trustees offered to hand over to the Government a fine property, known as the Girls' Flgck House, Palmerston. North, and equipment, for one year free of all charges, and in the future to give a lease" of five years with a rental of 5 per cent on its law initial exist. It is understood that the Education Department • whole-heartedly favoured the proposal, and placed before Cabinet a complete scheme for one year's training of New Zealand girls in poultry farming, beekeeping, orchard, small fruit and flower culture, and the lighter sides of dairying, at an extremely low cost to the trainees. Mr. T. B. Strong, Director of Education, advised to-day that Cabinet had declined the offer. ' Mr. T. R. Lee, managing trustee, states that the offer has not in the meantime been withdrawn.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 19
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157OFFER DECLINED. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 150, 27 June 1931, Page 19
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