MINISTERIAL TOURS.
r, MR. FOWLDS AND NATIVE SCHOOLS.' (Br TELECKAI'II—PRESS ASSOCIATIOM.) Cisbprne, .Feljruary 29., Tho Hon.. G: Fowlds'roaohcicl, Opotiki yesterday, haying ; visited "eighteen public aiid twenty ..Native , schools, . is ...well satisfied with : the cleanliness of - tho_. buildings rrnd children. ; ',Tho . .sanitary, .arraiigomenfes : in. almost every case were?found to be. excellent. Tests of tlio children in tho school. syllabus wore made, with gratifying- results—some in the fifth, and sixth standards... Instruction is',being.given, in snch'subjects as agriculture and. woodwork and. sewing, , tho girls being dressed in clothes; 6f, their ow.ii making. Tho Minister pays.a high'tribute to tho.work •,dqnp:-.by tho. Native ,tea(;bersj'.''.wi;o', invariably, -aslced that the schools-bo not. handed over'to tlio Boards. The Minister replied that where tho majority in attendanco..comprised Natives ho'had no .intention of,battling-them over. . Tlio.'Minister was much -surprised, with tlio farming, being done" by;!,tho;'Natives. : Their, enterprise in, establishing.; over ..two. hundred miles .of privato telephone system, was wannly praised.- ,'lt cnaulcd him' tn kcep in touch with/tho ;telpgriiph systeiii : ."diifitig':tbo 'whole of liis coastal, tour.' '■!»•> vv;:'"; :
. Mr. Fbwlds is dud at:Botorua'{Kis dvenirig,' at; To Aroha' on. Tuesday,f,V\Y;»ihr :o& Wednesday,' arid; Auckland o^Tljjirsaa^r AN tNyiTA^QK ; - (bv ' TELEGuirn—srzotAt ' ■"■''-. v■ • -• H a'stings; ;^binia*fy''■ 29; •- • V l , ..^P'y., to : • invitation.' .'to'. Ministers; to visit.- Uairiiaraiiia, l . i tho rccbivcd tlio.H.on, G. I'owlds,. aiicl. the.Hon". J. .A. -Millar st-a-ting " isit'-H'ostihgs r when.. pos-?' sible", and .tho ..the. resolution' of,; a public,- meeting; regarding-.-the Govern-meiit-.acquiring;'sufficiehte laiid 'at Waimarama' to .form- a-.watering-place .for Hastings would rcceivo duo coiisider'atiptf. Ip THE PREMIER IN : THE NORTH ; IBY TELEGtiArn.—rEE'ss'.-'XssbfciiT^pNli,. •; ... KbliuitoHiiJ' Match L :Tlie' Prime Minister,•••a'Qcqmpaiii^d'by Ward, reachcdKoliukoiiu? ,las'tV : night,ing, conic, overland' Wliangsroav'. All. tho'- centres 'oil tho.'Ea's't .Coast, have .beenvyislta,laiid- most cordial; receptions KaVe.rbe.eivf'Sii'e'nded- 'tp the Minister - - .The tour of. the. ,othor. sidoi;bktii§-peiiinsula mil be. commenced on Moriday 4 --and'r l ffili lasfe'until the end of the week. . • • .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 135, 2 March 1908, Page 8
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