U.N. FELLOWSHIPS

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26671, 4 March 1952, Page 3

U.N. FELLOWSHIPS

GRANTS FOR STUDY IN NEW ZEALAND MORE MAY BE AWARDED (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, March 3 The possibility of increasing the number of men and women coming to New Zealand from under-developed countries in the Middle East and Southeast Asia to study under the terms of United Nations fellowships is to be investigated by Mr Howard Daniel, of United Nations headquarters, New York. Mr Daniel, who is in charge of the United Nations programme of fellowships in economic development and public administration, arrived at

Wellington by Solent from Sydney today for consultations with Mr H. C. McQueen, head of the technical assistance division of the Department of External Affairs, and other Government officers.

In addition to its share in normal United Nations commitments, New Zealand's annual contribution to the United Nations and United Nations specialised agencies under the expanded technical assistance scheme is £45,000. Qf this sum Mr Daniel’s department is allocated about‘£99oo. At present only two United Nations felows are studying in New Zealand. Mr Daniel hopes to increase this number to 15, and later to increase it still further. A .limiting factor is that awards are' confined to those applicants with a good working knowledge of English. Subjects the fellows would study would include rural power reticulation, railway operation, telecommunications, postal administration, road construction and maintenance, transport control, public administration, and local government.

“New Zealand’s smallness makes it an ideal country for fellowship holders to study in,” said Mr Daniel. They can obtain an over-all picture of the subject in which they are interested.”

New Zealand was young enough to have developed many of its resources within the lifetime of those in charge of them, and students would, greatly benefit from that, because those in charge would be able to warn them against repeating their mistakes.