THE CORRIGILL TRUST

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 14299, 24 February 1947, Page 3

THE CORRIGILL TRUST

|" lv TRIBUTE TO |. ' • • WORK § Speakers At Combined jjf' ' ■ Carnival ■eii ' F i- __—— "I Conception Behind Scheme I j . 'Outlined :] .pleasure at being given the oppor- |- jijnity to pay tribute to the great ediiceptiqn v bebihd the Corrigill r ' fttotj was voiced by Mr F. W. i Doidge, M.P., when speaking at the "?>.' combined" sports carnival at the CK, fyoranga-Racecourse on Saturday. 11 In the,course of his remarks, Mr 'r Mdge emphasised 'that primary proI diction was the, basic industry of M tie Dominion and he felt that it was m If unpalatable fact that farming was oj' unpopular oocupam t'fk'l?'" '. \ "r The country, it was stated, needed If BQOO recruits, annually, in New Zea If had'.arid only 4000 entered the H ottupation. A frequent complaint .<!•:• wjis that farmers' own sons wanted 1 to graduate from high schools Into' fa skilled trades and professions. One % i|itold that farmers approved, they '* Mjring "One fool in the family is ft tiwih:*;- : ■•■■■-■■;''■}'-" •■•;■• -■-■-■ )i tfae-opinion that there was not U eiough encouragement under the jr. educational system, for t|ow.. who r desiEed to become m :,ytw- -expressed by Mr widge who added that there was M W:'encouragement, for boys and'; 1 ffwfjjP desired fell instruction in i sjtilled .tradesand professions, for which .bursaries and,other if arms of provided. He asked, »hr not similar: (facilities for the '(: teetifarmer? - I Wtruj&tijiait,there, were limited ; o|ortunities at Flock House. Lin- :■'■■ win and Ma'sae'y Colleges, >but, these, glared Mr , Doidge, only accorn- - students each. A 'ew.hlgh' 'schools, like Tauranga Col- ; magnificent preparatory I 'might be regarded as yocational institutions ■ [ 'lk. Massey College. , /. A tribute to the work of the agric%iu master at the college (Mr T ?ea<i}, who is also secretary % % trust,; was paid 'by Mr Doidge, I | otold Ae fathering that he had nM ' rred in Parliament to Mr Read^s : Ffe;.tp; -the district. He was a 1 •"'jog-spirit- ■ .','. . - i- : -; j "Throwing Baby Away" pfltVe are, told -there is a/disJSft. tj> remove agricultural f "es from schools altogether," Doidge. That, in the Ws ; !'X recent petition to Parliabe like "throwing the Waway'J-with vthe bath water." KOrtunately, there -were in this £s*.' public-spirited F/f jjf>. were no t going, to allow ?tj? happen. Mr C. Banks, son Banks, a great «F? iwas such .a; mai>! % :I. |e; on'service overseas, explained J Doidge, Mr C. Banks visualised ilp^^ties.. of the. Corrigill iSbt-.'l, $ Banks' • great .conception F to e^ahlish- a farm at Pye*& Pa I ; ie^Hca |ional purposes where sons . J rv ,icemen might learn correct pfeof::farining 'and fit them-; | ;a career on the land. g?ch«rie Vaswell tinder way .and K& 1 operation -for .18 months. doing the job. S'^ftod-'-with- the scheme ;as Vm ; were:Messrs H. A. Gardner' ||^ ) KT.-i:S. Ferguson, j;;d. m' ■ J ' oss ' A - Bcll > J - Car ' i ' |5 ff '- late Mr A. L. ThV.farmers of the dishßs% '.' in their full fsl^'^ : and'/the ife'" ° f the carnival was 'to.pro'increase 1 the ■ scope of' ■ .-. ~; <fiS. klng on behaif ° f thfc i ip °p ie |ii^7^* ?an f as a-member of: the fig }s?sMW& , -may I offer pjWfi|t4tulatiqns to all. who' «£ "0^ : !& in Pi'der to fcjj 1 . 8Uc(!e8 » of 'this function," fe,)p e -% or -(Mr h. R. Wilsss■sJ- worthiness of>the llfly th' ■ tommittee - an <i partialW t nJL Cpl - ?ge Staff and s tu de H ts > , n vKp u totanding contribui^rict. "ll COnilnu &Hy life of this ;'■.'_ ."C,are exceedingly ptoud

of our college and the young people wbo have-demonstrated. acity M hard work, their self reand their loyalty . place* in authority., These. ai.o all qualities that: make, for good a and useful citizenship, and so Mg have young men, and women dlib're theh the future of tac added the Mayor. M , ..The chairmen of., the trust Wi their attendance and also thanked all who had playedv a; part in the fixture.'Special thank originator of the carnival, and to Mi Read.' . •, ■■ ~ ■ '