INDUSTRIES WEEK ESSAYS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 556, 10 July 1909, Page 13

INDUSTRIES WEEK ESSAYS

/ .i ■ . ft ' PRIZES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN. Presentation . of, prizes won.- in .connection with the school essay .competitions of "Industries Week was made, at .{he Concert Chamber of the Town Hall i yesterday afternoon. - The Mayor (Dr. Nownian). presided, and there were also on the piatforni .Mrs. Newman, and Messrs. A. W.r Nej-ton (president of the Wellington Provincial Industrial Association), E, Bull, 1 and S. S.Williams (vice-presidents), T.. Ballinger and It.'Partridge .(members of th<j executive), and H. P. Allen (Secretary). 1 Mr.-. Nowton said that the executiyo of his association was: indebted (to the Headmasters Association, the Education Board, and the management of the private' schools _ who ;had worked out the details and assisted in various ways.; The purpose of the competition was to cultivate the art of composition in the scholars, and to instil into the rising generation a, feeling of loyalty towards the industries of the Ddminion.'The time,had come, he- considered, whon' ! New Zealand-made, goods should have preference among buyers, and it Aras to urge ■the importance: , that , Industries Week had I .been.promoted. ■ .. . The chairman said that he had been; a member of the 'Education Board a good inany, years ago, 'and It: was ■ scoil that ■ the ■ young people wero.'not getting any technical all. Although' their funds -were small, they decided; upon the appointmentiof a lecturer, and rented: an upstair fiat. : The school had'prospered, and was doing good work, to-day. ihe country was gradually acquiring ~I a number.,:of industries,', and.unlessthe boys and girls received a proper: technical education, appointments to' good bnlete' in' the' newer ! industries would be made from other countries.; .It would, mean that local', boys ; and" girls'' would :' g« the, lowest wages,: for unskilled-labour,- unless they were; ffiveii a;ohance to get; on'in. the:world., fne Wellington technical. School ' beenv success-. ful, 'under • the .management of the .City (Council and; comihittee'Si -and a-. ; number. of young ( men and : womenUvora being fitted for.the- highest: pOsitions ; :in'.local:',manufactories. -■ Ihese : pointments should'not be made from the other, side,''of;th6, wor}d. -The .work of tradesmen was becoming more and more and the unskilled labourer, who: wfis' always pushed■■<. to, tho wdll, received the lowest wages; lno unskilled labourer was. tho first to go on the unemployed market-. 110 had read some .of the essays :'whioh had taken' prizss.in the competition, and thought'them remarkably clever. He considered that the Industrial ■Association was doing :a; good work in connection' with Industries .Week., and : these essay competitions. '£'• .: .The Mayoress" ~then'< presented prizes : to" : the : successful competitors!'a:/liafc of whose names is'as' j—lfehsS Sievwright.-l'erraoe (soapmaking);: Mabel Hume,'' Island Bay industry) :- ) Nollie„Tobin,Kilbii'nie. (m,eat" lndustry); W.' Millar,, Marnnui ' (cabinetmakingh Harold ■ Moore, Wndestown (timber, industry) s Lizzie'Makeham,:,Brooklyn (gns manufacture); Maggis-O'Connell, §t. Josephs R.C., Hutt (sheep-farming); Malcolm Johnston,South ; Wellington (meat industry)j'Connie Davis. St. , Xaviers E-C.; Sussex Square (wool); irank C. Graham, Worser:,Biiy (meatHndustrv)i M. C. Eoseingrave, Dixon Street R.C. (woollen .indus-, try); Thomas Wilkes, Northland,(meat .industry); H. .Galvin. Petone .E.C. '(meat: industry);. Clare Curtis,' Khandallah ("Why, people should buy New .Zealand-made goods"); Lexis Osborne, 1 Eptm"'(New " Zealand Industries f .Meat,: candles,'.butter;. wool, kauri gnm); Harold .Corkill, Clyde Quay '(paper. manufacture) i A." Vile, To Aro ' A.*'Bolton,- Koseneat h (woollen goods);'••'Violet Palmer, Mount CookGirls (meat .industry); Hqlga Lynneberg, Kaiwarri (soap-making) ;' Percy Lee,. Petone . Dis-. triot' High: ("lle'nsons ' why. local. industries should: be supported'-');'Arthur Coii' Earori, ("Beiisons ' why; local industries shoilld- pe ;8«r----ported'-');. Joha.Molloy, Marist Brothers (fruit, growing/and preserving); Mary; Loftman, Mitttholltb^Xi«^]rei[;: 'jfbod»)';rr Frank .;0 Connor,': Mount Cook ",Boye .. .("Why local :', industries .should:,be'.'encouraged"); Ger.tie.'.Trezlse, ,Johnsonville' ('woollen'^industry).,.. • ... . ■' Mr. -Ballinger-iteferred ».W».the .founding of • tho Technical'. School,-;:and stated that \the City Council-hoped to get aßill thbusli tho-Housa next session for . a new site. Then, with 'a . grant of i!30,00p, or .£40,C00-from tho, .Government, 'it'wiia proposed to- build a flew school iii. Wright Street..-> .'f . ■: f . v: v - , , Votes of thanks-were passed to the Mayoress and to.tho Mayor and councillors.