EDUCATION BILL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 74, 29 March 1938, Page 9

EDUCATION BILL.

EFFECT IN AUCKLAND. DIVISION OPPOSED. VIEWS OF MR. T. V. WELLS. An indication of the views he would expre*£ at a conference hot worn representatives of education boards and the Minister of Education to the provisions of the Education Amendment Bill wa~ given at a meeting of the Auckland Education Board today by thft chairman, Mr. T. I . Wells. who. with the secretary. Mr. T. Dunlop. will represent tiie board at the conference, which will be held in Welling!on tomorrow. The division of the Auckland district would he one of the ma in tiling- he would oppose, said Mr. Well-. lVr-011-ally, he considered that there '.»a.s much to he said for the proposal that New Zealand should have four educational districts, one in each of the four university centres. Large districts were easier to control.

Demonstrating the economy of a larjre district, Mr. Wells said that costs of maintenance in Nelson, a small centre, were twice those of Auckland, a larjre centre. If Auckland was divided its costs would increase proportionately and the amount of money the Auckland Board could expend 011 its schools would be lessened.

"Even if Auckland is divided into three districts," said Mr. Wells, "I do not think that the northern portion of the Hauraki Plains and Well-ford and \\arkvvorth districts should be taken awav from us."

Other proposals with which Mr. Wells expressed disagreement were the annual election of committees and the establishment of training colleges in all the new centres. "I think four years' service, with half the members retiring e Y|, ry tu'o years, is much better for the efficiency of the work." he said. Native schools, in his opinion, should be brought within the jurisdiction of the board.

finally, sahl Mr. Wcllr;. he considered that tin* proposed constitution of the new board included too many representatives of the primary schools. "With the present number of primary school pupil* in Auckland the new Auckland board would have 10 or 11 members representing primary schools.

Members of the board expressed almost total agreement with Mr. Welle'

MOWS

MISCHIEF CAUSED.

BOYS IN CABINET FACTORY,

patriate estimated at not more than £•"> was done by intruders - believed to be boys—who entered the small cabinetmakino shop of Mr. .T. H. McLean at 0. Douglas St root. Ponsonby. on Sundav.

Entrance was gained by remo\ing a piei-e of flex which was used to hold the sliding door in position. Once inside, the intruders preceded to make play with a brush which w'as found in a tin of ldaek polish. A couple of dozen radio cabinets minus their receivers were in the polishing room off the faetorv and eight of these were splashed, mostly on the inside, with the thin black polish, while a few odd pieces of wood standing against the wall were similarlv treated.

Mr. McLean states that the damage was not extensive. The total cost of repolishinsr the radio cabinets would not exceed £.3. Xone of the cabinets was smashed. Five or six were slight Iv dented through being bumped together, hut these dents have all now been removed. small first aid outfit, valued at 5/. was taken from a shelf and ojK-ned. the contents being thrown on the floor.

"I am quito satisfied iho mischief was caused by boys, as some wore soon near my factory on Sunday." s ; iid Mr. McLean. It was. lie added, just the senseless sort of mischief children often got up to.